Huntington (N.Y.) Hospital surgeons performed Long Island's first spine surgery using Medtronic's O-arm Surgical Imaging System, according to Northwell Health.
Here are five things to know:
1. Robert Kerr, MD, PhD, performed the surgery to treat a patient's low back pain and lumbar sciatica.
2. The O-arm creates a three-dimensional computer model of a patient's spine.
3. The system significantly decreases radiation exposure with just one scan.
4. The O-arm decreases the need for revision surgery.
5. The technology may be beneficial for patients with spinal trauma, degenerative spondylosis, complex scoliosis and spine tumors.