Open AccessEvaluation of a Minimally Invasive Image-Guided Surgery System for Hepatic Ablation Procedures
Author(s) -
Chet W. Hammill,
Logan W. Clements,
James D. Stefansic,
Ronald Wolf,
Paul Hansen,
David A. Gerber
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
surgical innovation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.456
H-Index - 47
eISSN - 1553-3514
pISSN - 1553-3506
DOI - 10.1177/1553350613508019
Subject(s) - medicine , ablation , image guided surgery , invasive surgery , ultrasound , significant difference , radiology , mean difference , nuclear medicine , surgery , confidence interval
The Explorer Minimally Invasive Liver (MIL) system uses imaging to create a 3-dimensional model of the liver. Intraoperatively, the system displays the position of instruments relative to the virtual liver. A prospective clinical study compared it with intraoperative ultrasound (iUS) in laparoscopic liver ablations.