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Perspectives

Role of Navigation in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery: A Surgeon’s Perspectives

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Pages 127-139 | Published online: 15 Apr 2021

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Figure 1 A localizer (top) and a surgical probe or tracker (bottom) – Technical part of a navigation system. A localizer is fixed on patient forehead and a surgical probe or tracker guides surgeon for point registration.

Figure 1 A localizer (top) and a surgical probe or tracker (bottom) – Technical part of a navigation system. A localizer is fixed on patient forehead and a surgical probe or tracker guides surgeon for point registration.

Figure 2 Intra-operative placement of localizer and a surgical probe. A pointed end of surgical probe serves a purpose of marking anatomical landmark.

Figure 2 Intra-operative placement of localizer and a surgical probe. A pointed end of surgical probe serves a purpose of marking anatomical landmark.

Figure 3 Intraoperative verification of points in axial, coronal and sagittal section. A red arrow indicate the supraorbital bony landmark verified by the confluence of line during point registration with a navigation probe.

Figure 3 Intraoperative verification of points in axial, coronal and sagittal section. A red arrow indicate the supraorbital bony landmark verified by the confluence of line during point registration with a navigation probe.

Figure 4 Pre-operative verification of orbital mesh (left) using navigation. Reproducing the plan during surgery under the guidance of navigation (right).

Figure 4 Pre-operative verification of orbital mesh (left) using navigation. Reproducing the plan during surgery under the guidance of navigation (right).