Richard Ostrup, MD, of Neurosurgical Medical Clinic in San Diego, now utilizes Zeiss OPMI Pentero 900 microscope, according to Virtual-Strategy Magazine.
Here are five highlights:
1. The microscope is integrated with BrainLab's Curve image guidance system.
2. Dr. Ostrup simultaneously views a patient's preoperative studies and uses a real-time image-guidance system to perform the surgery.
3. The OPMI Pentero 900 microscope has three motorized axis and a laser-guided autofocus.
4. Dr. Ostrup also serves as chief of neurosurgery at Sharp Memorial Hospital in San Diego.
5. Surgeons at 750 hospitals around the nation use the microscope.