First minimally invasive thoracic surgery using Viking's 3Di Vision
System
15 June 2007 San Diego, USA and Vulture, Italy. Viking Systems, Inc.
has announced that the company's 3Di Vision System had been used to
perform videothoracoscopic surgery for the first time.
Three procedures were performed with the
3D visualization technology at the Regional Oncologic Hospital (CROB) in
Rionero in Vulture, PZ, Italy by Dr Cosimo Lequaglie. The procedures were a parietal pleurectomy, a sublobar resection, and a chemical pleurodesis. Each surgery
was finished successfully and met with positive reactions from the surgeon
and the hospital staff.
 Dr. Lequaglie, Chief of Oncologic and Thoracic Surgery at the hospital
explained, "Viking's 3Di Vision System is significant for our practice
because it provides a more substantial and effective image than those we
traditional obtain via 2D vision systems. The impact 3D has on minimally
invasive surgery for benign and malignant diseases is significant because
the higher resolution, stereoscopic depth we are now afforded allows the
same type of confidence we are usually only allowed during open
procedures.'' Viking's 3Di Vision System, as used by Dr. Lequaglie and his staff, also
includes an information management solution known as Infomatix, which
provides immediate, picture-in-picture access for a surgeon to additional
surgical information through voice activation. This critical information can
be provided simultaneously with the surgical video via picture-in-picture on
the surgeon's Personal Head Display. Dr. Lequaglie used this feature to simultaneously manage in real time the
operating functions that can at times become cumbersome for the surgeon when
used individually. He adds, "The ability of the system to provide both a
high-definition 3D image and pre-existing medical data into one personal
head display finally offers the kind of support a surgeon needs to allow
greater precision and speed without being bound to the positioning of the
monitors in the room. The result is greater concentration and best posture
providing less fatigue during each procedure. For thoracic surgery, these
improved results are invaluable.''
Stephen M. Heniges, Viking's Senior Vice-President of Global Marketing &
Clinical Development said, "Viking is excited with the results Dr. Lequaglie and his team have achieved through the benefits of our 3D
visualization technology. This provides motivation to all minimally invasive
thoracic surgeons worldwide. We are confident that as 3D visualization
becomes the standard of care for an array of minimally invasive specialties,
we will see the same great results and positive feedback we received from
the Regional Oncological Hospital (C.R.O.B) in Rionero in Vulture, PZ,
Italy.'' To top
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