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- Title
Surgical workflow for fully navigated high sacral amputation in sacral chordoma.
- Authors
Goldberg, Johannes; Bayerl, Simon Heinrich; Witzel, Christian; Aigner, Felix; Ames, Christopher P.; Vajkoczy, Peter
- Abstract
The method of choice for treatment of sacral chordomas is en bloc tumor removal via sacrectomy or sacral amputation in varying degrees depending on the initial tumor extent. Besides local tumor control, the preservation of neurological function is equally important to minimize postoperative bladder and bowel dysfunction. Removal of sacral tumors is complicated by the complex regional anatomy of the pelvis and the surrounding visceral and retroperitoneal structures. We aim to describe the surgical workflow for a fully navigated high sacral amputation facilitated by integration of an intraoperative computed tomography (iCT)-based spinal navigation system. An iCT-based spinal navigation system (AIRO® CT scanner, Brainlab AG, Feldkirchen, Germany) was used to perform intraoperative navigation with an image-guidance system and infrared tracking camera (BrainLab CurveTM, Brainlab AG, Feldkirchen, Germany) in combination with the spinal navigation set by Brainlab (Brainlab AG, Feldkirchen, Germany) to perform a fully navigated high sacral amputation. We demonstrate the successful implementation of iCT-based spinal navigation during high sacral amputation and the key advantages of this technique throughout the surgery. iCT-based spinal navigation is a useful complementing technique for en bloc high sacral amputations that renders the surgery safer and more accurate.
- Subjects
GERMANY; AMPUTATION; SURGICAL &; topographical anatomy; WORKFLOW; INFRARED cameras; OPERATIVE surgery; BOWEL &; bladder training
- Publication
Neurosurgical Review, 2020, Vol 43, Issue 1, p343
- ISSN
0344-5607
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10143-019-01194-1