Advanced imaging technology used at Mayo Clinic improves spinal surgery outcome

Thursday, December 11, 2008 - 08:03 in Health & Medicine

Using a three-dimensional (3D) image-guided system to help place screws in the spines of patients results in safe and accurate surgery with a decrease in the number of misplaced screws, and subsequent injuries, seen in more traditional operations, say neurosurgeons at Mayo Clinic in Florida...

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