Computer-Guided Navigation in Orthopaedic Surgery

Abstract

Software-guided medical technology has conquered the modern operating room, and many fields of medicine are hard to imagine without it today. Innovative medical technology makes it possible to perform complex surgical operations with a higher degree of safety and lower risks for patients. Modern computer systems, for instance, allow precision radiation of tumors and blood clots. BrainLAB AG develops and distributes software-based medical solutions to ease the work of doctors around the world. The company first made a name for itself in the fields of neurosurgery and the radio therapeutic treatment of brain tumors - as the name suggests - and has become the international market leader in these fields. Now, with the close cooperation of doctors specializing in different fields, BrainLAB has expanded its product range to include solutions in the field of ENT, where it supports, among other things, sinus surgery, and in orthopaedics, where it is used especially for hip and knee replacement surgery. Describing the company’s future plans, Stefan Vilsmeier, founder and CEO of BrainLAB AG, explains, ≫Cooperating with doctors and implant manufacturers, we will continue to push the development and establishment of minimally invasive technologies, such as computer-assisted surgery, to offer patients new treatment options that improve medical outcome and entail lower risks and side effects.≪