Cranial Tumor Navigation
Navigation-assisted localization of tumor margins

Preparation

Not doing proper preparation for a cranial navigation case is one of the biggest mistakes a surgical team can make. There are now dozens of navigation systems in circulation, with more being introduced every year.

Being a multi-specialty hospital means you often do not just support one procedure type, you support many. Standardizing across that range gets more and more difficult without a consistent preparation checklist.

Calibrating the system ahead of time helps ensure that intraoperative guidance lands exactly where the surgical team expects it to.

• Not doing proper preparation for a cranial navigation case is one of the biggest mistakes a surgical team can make.
• Standardizing across procedure types gets more and more difficult without a consistent preparation checklist.
• Calibrating the system ahead of time helps ensure intraoperative guidance lands exactly where the team expects.
• Here is how the team optimized their preparation workflow to reduce registration time.