If your surgeon plans to use image guidance to remove your metastatic brain tumor(s), ask about the different systems available that would best achieve the desired results for your specific condition. Different systems offer different options and depending upon your metastases – tumor type, number of mets, size, location, you may benefit from one versus another system.
Image guided surgery begins before any incision has been made, with the patient getting certain diagnostic images which are used in treatment planning with the IGS system. Navigation gives the surgeon additional visual guidance and allows for a more successful and targeted brain tumor surgery.
Naturally, while your surgeon is using intra-operative image guided surgery tools, you would be under anesthesia. It may be interesting and perhaps comforting to know the basic steps involved in an image guided brain tumor operation.
Steps Overview
