The Development of an Endoscope-Assisted iMET to Improve the Distal Screw Hole Positioning Efficacy in Interlocking Nailing Procedures

Chih Wei Shih, Tung Lin Chiang, Woei Chyn Chu*

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Abstract

Intramedullary nailing surgery is a pioneer indicator of surgical miniaturization such as traditional migration techniques Hand-Off Location, Fluoroscopic C-Arm Free Hand Method (FHM), Target Aiming Devices, Internal Drilling System, Magnetic, Electromagnetic Induction, Computer Navigation System and Light Transmission Method (screw hole positioning using a visible light source). It has been shown that intramedullary nailing surgery can be performed through intramedullary transillumination and intra-Medullary Endo-Transilluminating (iMET) Device for distal screw hole targeting. iMET is operated by a visible light source to shorten the operation time, increase positioning accuracy, avoid X-ray radiation exposure, and improve the drilling success rate. By adopting the endoscopic technology, it is expected to further improve the efficacy of the distal screw hole positioning in an intramedullary nailing surgery. In this research, a set of 2–4 LED light sources are used to establish pipeline access with an endoscope powered by a high-capacity lithium battery. With modular design such as wireless transmission, to refine the above mentioned four advantages in an intramedullary nailing surgery. Through the use of phantom and animal trials, we will show the improved surgical efficacy using the proposed design.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationFrontier Computing on Industrial Applications Volume 3 - Proceedings of Theory, Technologies and Applications FC 2023
EditorsJason C. Hung, Neil Yen, Jia-Wei Chang
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Pages294-298
Number of pages5
ISBN (Print)9789819994151
DOIs
StatePublished - 2024
Event13th International Conference on Frontier Computing, FC 2023 - Tokyo, Japan
Duration: 10 Jul 202313 Jul 2023

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Electrical Engineering
Volume1133 LNEE
ISSN (Print)1876-1100
ISSN (Electronic)1876-1119

Conference

Conference13th International Conference on Frontier Computing, FC 2023
Country/TerritoryJapan
CityTokyo
Period10/07/2313/07/23

Keywords

  • Intra-medullary nailing procedure
  • Target-aiming device
  • Visible light source
  • endoscopic miniature image

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