WVU Medicine United Hospital Center (UHC) is one of only a few hospitals in West Virginia to include the Medtronic Mazor X™ surgical assurance platform to its neurosurgery service line. The Mazor X system combines unprecedented pre-operative planning tools and analytics with unparalleled intra-operative guidance, providing UHC patients with the most advanced spinal surgery options available.
Medical officials from the Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute (RNI) and Medtronic visited the UHC Spine Center, in July, which uses the latest Medtronic technology. This technology involves robotics, navigation, AI-assisted hardware design, and comprehensive patient services in one location.
“We are thrilled to develop a deeper partnership with Medtronic and our department’s spine program throughout the WVU hospital system. In particular, I am hoping to explore training opportunities for spine surgeons to come to WVU and train on the latest system-wide spine management strategies and technologies with Medtronic. It is an outstanding opportunity for the next generation of spine surgeons to come here for a fellowship in the Department of Neurosurgery and the RNI. We have an opportunity to teach the use of the latest robotic and AI-assisted surgical technology through key partnerships with our advanced spine hospitals like UHC,” Peter Konrad, MD, PhD, chairman, Department of Neurosurgery at Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute.
The onsite visit provided Medtronic with valuable insight on its robotic and instrumentation that is used at a high volume, community hospital setting, while offering feedback on ways to improve next generation devices. Discussions focused on the future of spine care through population spine management and data collection strategies, helping to shape advances in minimally invasive care and comprehensive solutions for spine disease.
“After a comprehensive study of surgical guidance systems on the market, UHC chose the Mazor X system to provide the highest level of pre-operative assessment and intra-operative precision,” says Bill D. Underwood, M.D., Ph.D., neurosurgeon at UHC Neurosurgery, Spine, and Pain Center. “As spinal surgery continues to advance, the emphasis has shifted toward minimizing trauma to the body during surgery and expediting a return to function through the use of minimally invasive techniques. This is where Mazor X truly excels.”
Minimally invasive procedures can result in less pain, reduced blood loss, smaller incisions, shorter hospital stays, and quicker recovery times for patients. One of the challenges is the limited view of spinal anatomy. The Mazor X system helps overcome this challenge by enabling comprehensive 3D surgical planning and analytics, delivering unparalleled information before surgery even begins. The result? Surgeons can operate with greater precision, efficiency, and confidence.
“The Mazor X is part of our continuous commitment to delivering the highest quality care for our patients,” says David F. Hess, MD, president and CEO, at UHC. “We believe in providing the most advanced technologies and are proud to be one of only a few hospitals in the state to offer the Mazor X system, further enabling our surgeons to achieve the best possible patient outcomes.”
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