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973-660-3145EmailSUMMIT, NJ – NOVEMBER 2024 – Overlook Medical Center, part of Atlantic Health System, recently began using the ExcelsiusGPS™, a revolutionary robotic navigation platform designed to improve accuracy while increasing safety for both patients and the surgical team within the operating room.
The addition of the ExcelsiusGPS™ further enhances the orthopedic and neurosurgical capabilities at Overlook Medical Center, particularly in the field of spine surgery. Overlook Medical Center’s spine surgery program consists of orthopedic and neurosurgery medical professionals who have been at the forefront of providing exceptional patient care and surgical outcomes.
“The addition of ExcelsiusGPS™ will enable us to continue delivering high quality care to our patients,” said Muhammad Feteiha, MD, chairman of the Department of Surgery at Overlook Medical Center. “As the demand for surgeries continues to rise, we can optimize the utilization of our operating rooms and ensure timely access to surgical interventions for our patients with the aid of this robotic platform.”
Globus Medical’s ExcelsiusGPS™ provides improved visualization of patient anatomy through the procedure to help optimize patient treatment by ensuring safe and accurate placement of spinal hardware. The system is designed to streamline the surgical workflow and reduce radiation exposure to surgeons and staff. This revolutionary robotic navigation platform is the world’s first technology to combine a rigid robotic arm and full navigation capabilities into one adaptable platform for accurate trajectory alignment in spine surgery.
“This robotic platform will allow us to map out a plan for our patient’s surgery and then precisely adhere to it, making the whole procedure far more efficient and effective,” said neurosurgeon Kimberly Brooke Ashayeri, MD, who is among those leading the use of the ExcelsiusGPS™.
The robotic system increases the accuracy of aligning and placing implants. Surgeons can develop a 3-D pre-procedure plan that will allow them to customize size, positioning and alignment, ultimately reducing the risk for complications for the patient. The robotic system enhances surgery by enabling surgeons to reduce variability within approved procedures. This may contribute to benefits for patients, such as less blood loss, shorter hospital stays, fewer complications, and more predictable outcomes.
In cases that involve fluoroscopic radiation, the use of the robotic system also drives down the amount of time needed for the procedure, which translates to less exposure to radiation by the patient and surgical team.
How it works
Patient medical images are taken and imported into ExcelsiusGPS™. These images are used to determine the size and trajectory of implants. The surgeon creates a patient plan based on anatomy. The plan is used to guide the rigid robotic arm to a specific region of the patient’s spine, similar to a planned route or pathway on a GPS.
The planned pathway is used to accurately place the implants using navigated instruments. Throughout the procedure, the surgical instruments and implants are continuously displayed on the screen for the surgeon and staff to monitor. This allows the surgeon to view live feedback during the procedure for more precise implant placement.
About Globus Medical
Globus Medical, Inc. is a leading musculoskeletal implant manufacturer and is driving significant technological advancements across a complete suite of spinal products. Founded in 2003, Globus’ single-minded focus on advancing spinal surgery has made it the fastest growing company in the history of orthopedics. Globus is driven to utilize superior engineering and technology to achieve pain free, active lives for all patients with spinal disorders.
About Atlantic Health System
Atlantic Health System is at the forefront of medicine, setting standards for quality health care in New Jersey, Pennsylvania and the New York metropolitan area. Powered by a workforce of 20,000 team members and 5,440 affiliated physicians dedicated to building healthier communities, Atlantic Health System serves more than half of the state of New Jersey including 14 counties and 7.5 million people.
The not-for-profit system offers more than 550 sites of care, including its eight hospitals: Morristown Medical Center in Morristown, NJ, Overlook Medical Center in Summit, NJ, Newton Medical Center in Newton, NJ, Chilton Medical Center in Pompton Plains, NJ, Hackettstown Medical Center in Hackettstown, NJ, Goryeb Children’s Hospital in Morristown, NJ, Atlantic Rehabilitation Institute in Madison, NJ and CentraState Healthcare System in Freehold, NJ.
The system includes Atlantic Medical Group, part of a physician enterprise that makes up one of the largest multispecialty practices in New Jersey with more than 1,700 physicians and advance practice providers. Joined with Atlantic Accountable Care Organization and Optimus Healthcare Partners they form part of Atlantic Alliance, a Clinically Integrated Network of more than 2,500 health care providers throughout northern and central NJ.
Atlantic Health System provides care for the full continuum of health care needs through 27 urgent care centers, Atlantic Visiting Nurse and Atlantic Health Virtual Visits. Facilitating the connection between these services on both land and air is the transportation fleet of Atlantic Mobile Health.
Atlantic Health System leads the Healthcare Transformation Consortium, a partnership of six regional hospitals and health systems dedicated to improving access and affordability, has a medical school affiliation with Thomas Jefferson University, is home to the regional campus of the Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Morristown and Overlook Medical Centers, and is the official health care partner of the New York Jets.
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