Integration of fiber optical shape sensing with medical visualization for minimal-invasive interventions
We present a fiber optical shape sensing system that allows to track the shape of a standard telecom fiber with fiber Bragg grating. The shape sensing information is combined with a medical visualization platform to visualize the shape sensing information together with medical images and post-processing results like 3D models, vessel graphs, or segmentation results. The framework has a modular nature to use it for various medical applications like catheter or needle based interventions. The technology has potential in the medical area as it is MR-compatible and can easily be integrated in catheters and needles due to its small size.
We present our recent experience in the last ten cases of Spiegel's hernia, studying its form of presentation and clinical manifestations. We studied emergency cases because they presented intestinal obstruction and were handled as a surgical emergency. We remark the noninvasive diagnostic methods, mainly echography. The surgical treatment for repair of the hernial defect and the material used was the same in every case. The morbi-mortality of the series was null and there was no recurrence in the period in which we studied and followed-up the series.