St. Mark's Hospital in Salt Lake City became the second hospital to use Globus Medical's ExcelsiusGPS to perform spinal fusions, according to Desert News.
Here are five notes:
1. Kade Huntsman, MD, performed the first spinal fusion in October. Since then, he has performed an additional seven fusions using the image-guiding technology.
2. ExcelsiusGPS is a robotic arm that utilizes guiding technology. The system provides real-time visualization of instrument position and screw placement with regard to patient anatomy.
3. Globus Medical designed the system to integrate with preoperative CT, intraoperative CT and fluoroscopic imaging systems currently in place at hospitals and health systems.
4. Currently, St. Mark's is using the imaging system to aid cervical, lumbar and thoracic spinal fusions. Dr. Huntsman hopes further developments will allow for more minimally invasive complex spine surgeries to be performed using ExcelsiusGPS.
5. Baltimore-based Johns Hopkins Hospital was the first to perform spinal fusions suing Globus Medical's ExcelsiusGPS.