“Saving the CT myelogram is a significant advantage to the patient’s safety and satisfaction.”
The Need for Clarity:
Optimizing Postoperative Imaging
in Spinal Tumor Care
In the management of spinal tumor care, postoperative imaging plays an important role for the evaluation of surgical outcome, tumor surveillance, and adjuvant radiation therapy.
For patients stabilized with hardware, the presence of titanium implants poses difficulties for precise postoperative evaluation and radiotherapy planning due to the imaging artifacts, especially when employing magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).
NOTE: Not all icotec implants have been evaluated for safety in the MR environment.
Some have not been tested for heating or unwanted movement in the MR environment.
The safety of these implants in the MR environment is unknown. Performing an MR exam on
a person who has such a medical device may result in injury. Please consult the respective instructions for use regarding information on the safety and compatibility of the individual icotec implants in the MR environment.