Cervical spine surgery under the navigation system control

Surgical procedures of cervical spine tumors includes two steps – removing of the tumor and stabilization. Making of the fixation on the cervical spine requires carefull examination of the patient before the surgical treatment and high accuracy intraoperation control, due to the potential risk of iatrogenic damage of the spinal cord, nerve roots or vertebral artery is the most often on cervical spine. Decreasing intraoperation radiation level on patient and surgical crew is as important problem. The decision of all questions is the use of the computer assisted navigation system. This method allows to make fixation with various type of screws or making intraoperation control of the bone needle biopsy, vertebra- or kyfoplasty with high accuracy, minimal risk of iatrogenic damaging and decreasing radiation level (because of the shortening work time or stop using standard methods of placement control – computer tomography or X-ray).