4 thoughts on Barrow Brain and Spine's neurosurgery technology

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Board certified neurosurgeon John Wanebo, MD, was featured on ABC 15's Sonoran Living to discuss how Phoenix-based Barrow Brain and Spine's team of neurosurgeons utilize technology to treat patients with complex spine and brain conditions.

Here are four key thoughts:

 

1. Barrow surgeons were among the first to utilize neuronavigation, which registers MRI or CT images of patients to surgical instruments.

 

2. Through neuronavigation, surgeons can more accurately assess where their instruments are pointing on the MRI.

 

3. When conducting spine surgery, neuronavigation enables surgeons to place screws into the bones with three-dimensional accuracy. Surgeons can better target a tumor's limits on a MRI and choose the ideal trajectory to a tumor.

 

4. Barrow surgeons also use smaller plates for fusion procedures, which mitigates a surgery's possible side effects.

 

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