Image Guided Sinus Surgery

How is Sinusitis Treated?

Sinusitis is generally first treated with antibiotics, decongestants and/or anti-inflammatory drugs. If medication is not effective, or if there is a blockage, surgery is generally recommended. Your ENT specialist will prescribe medications (antibiotics, decongestants, nasal steroid sprays, antihistamines) and procedures (flushing) for treating acute sinusitis.

Surgical Treatment

 

 

The most common corrective surgery approach for treatment of acute or chronic sinus inflammation is endocscopic sinus surgery or navigated sinus surgery, or a combination of both. Both techniques are much less invasive than older conventional surgical methods. Nevertheless, the extent of sinus disease varies from person to person. Surgery may therefore be a relatively minimal procedure or an extensive and prolonged operation.

 

Image-Guided Surgery

The sinuses are physically close to the brain, the eye, and major arteries, always areas of concern when a fiber optic tube is inserted into the sinus region. The growing use of a new technology, image-guided endoscopic surgery, is alleviating that concern. This type of surgery may be recommended for severe forms of chronic sinusitis, in cases when previous sinus surgery has altered anatomical landmarks, or where a patient's sinus anatomy is very unusual, making typical surgery difficult. Image-guidance is a near-three-dimensional mapping system that combines computed tomography (CT) scans and real-time information about the exact position of surgical instruments using infrared signals. In this way, surgeons can navigate their surgical instruments through complex sinus passages and provide surgical relief more precisely.

Kolibri® ENT System

Kolibri ENT system has been specially designed for surgery centers and low-volume users. The lightweight portable design makes Kolibri easy to move between multiple facilities.

With the ability to track all extant surgical instruments, integrate live endoscopic video, and control the system via touchscreen monitor, integrating Kolibri into the surgical procedure is straightforward.

User-friendly BrainLAB software drives Kolibri ENT, enabling a short learning curve. Competitively priced, Kolibri ENT makes wireless navigation affordable for all surgeons and facilities.

Navigation

The Kolibri ENT system guides the surgeon through the procedure and provides continuous online information on instrument position and movement across multiple planes (sagittal, axial, coronal).

Additionally, it is possible to integrate a real-time endoscopic view as part of the navigation screen.

Additional Kolibri ENT features include tool tip offset (allowing the surgeon to virtually extend the tip of his/her instrument), screen shots (giving the surgeon the ability to save intra-operative images on the system’s CD ROM) and more.