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re the pedicle screws precisely
inserted? Is the ankle fracture per-
fectly aligned? Before the arrival of
3D
C-arms, surgeons couldn't verify that
the implant was sitting in the anatomically correct
position or validate that the fracture was optimally
reduced without using a separate O-arm or waking
the patient and wheeling him to the radiology lab for
a scan. But thanks to intraoperative 3D imaging pro-
vided by a standard C-arm, I can be certain that the
3D C-arms
Transform the OR
• 3D IMAGING Dr. Gary uses a 3D C-arm to intraoperatively evaluate the reduction of the fracture and the screw placement.
Joshua L. Gary, MD
Houston, Texas
Joshua
L.
Gary,
MD
