New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based Northwell Health has become the first system in New York state to offer the Teligen spine surgical system.
The system allows spine surgeons to better view the spine during advanced and minimally invasive procedures, according to a Dec. 10 press release sent to Becker's.
Daniel Sciubba, MD, senior vice president of neurosurgery at Northwell and co-executive director of the Northwell Spine Institute, was the first to use the system in a Dec. 3 operation on a patient with a spinal tumor.
The Teligen system was developed by DePuy Synthes and consists of a tower with a 4K high-definition screen monitor and a tiny disposable camera that is attached to a flexible wire and inserted into the surgical site of the patient.
Teligen, which earned FDA clearance at the end of 2022, can be used for spinal decompressions, discectomy and transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion surgeries.
A small-scale cadaver study found that using the Teligen system reduced patient exposure to X-rays by 47% compared to cases performed with a surgical microscope and reduced the number of surgical instrument trays used.