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Computer-Assisted
Surgical Therapeutics
Computerized
Surgical Navigation Systems
Loyola University Health System (Loyola) was among the
first centers to use surgical navigation systems when
it adopted the technology in 1992. The computer combines
previously recorded MRI images and real-time images
of the surgical space to track surgical instruments
in three-dimensional space during the operation. It
enables surgeons to plan ahead during an operation,
to be safer and more efficient.
Interoperative
Monitoring
Interoperative monitoring helps surgeons monitor the
integrity of nerves as they remove tumors that may be
adjacent to or engulfing critical cranial nerves. Electrodes
connected to critical muscles and nerves give warning
signals when surgeons get close to those structures.
The technology has revolutionized cranial base surgery,
enabling surgeons to preserve hearing and other important
functions as they remove tumors.
Stereotactic
Radiation
Stereotactic radiation is effective in treating malignant
and benign brain tumors, skull-base tumors and other
problems such as arteriovenous malformations. This delivers
extremely precise doses of radiation designed to match
the precise shape of the tumor while leaving adjacent
brain structures unharmed. Stereotactic radiosurgery
refers to a large, single dose of radiation narrowly
focused on a small area, while the term stereotactic
radiotherapy usually refers to smaller, precisely focused
doses given over multiple treatments. Loyola has recently
acquired the Novalis Shaped Stereotactic Radiotherapy
Platform, which enables physicians to more accurately
treat brain, head and neck tumors, arteriovenos malformations
and certain functional disorders noninvasively with
shaped-beam radiosurgery. The system allows our physicians
to treat brain tumors within a millimeter range and
perform non-invasive brain and skull-based surgery.
Loyola has the only shaped-beam, computer-assisted surgical
therapy system within a 150-mile radius.
Locations
and Contacts
A full spectrum of neurological surgery services
is available at:
Loyola
Outpatient Center in Maywood
Oakbrook
Terrace Medical Center
If you would like to make an appointment or need assistance
to find an appropriate physician, please call us at
(888) LUHS-888.
Related
Links
Loyola's
shaped-beam computer-assisted surgical therapy
Center for Cranial Base Surgery
Neurological
surgery services
Radiological
services
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