Rick Sasso, MD

Many of you are familiar with the navigational systems found in cars.  It works great – you drive and this map with a little icon that is supposed to be your car – moves along the map following the exact route that you are driving.  This technology works great in cars – but did you know it also works well in spine surgery?

For the last decade, I have been involved in the design and development of a similar technology for spine surgery.  Technically called, Intraoperative Spinal Navigation, this is a GPS system used during back surgery.  During spine surgery, this navigation system allows the spine surgeon to operate more efficiently, effectively, safely and less invasively (minimally invasive spine surgery).