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mage-guided surgery is not currently considered the standard
of care in ENT. But should it be? To Jeffrey M. Gallups, MD,
FACS, there's really no question.
"If I'm having sinus surgery of any sort, I'd want them to use
navigation on me," says Dr. Gallups, the founder and medical
director of The Ear, Nose & Throat Institute in Alpharetta, Ga., which
has 13 locations throughout Georgia. "If I tell a patient, 'I'm going to
use a device that tells me within 1 to 2 mm where I am at every
moment in the sinus cavity,' they come to understand it's pretty impor-
Image-guided ENT:
The New Standard?
How surgical navigation takes the guesswork out of delicate
ENT procedures. Bill Donahue | Senior Editor
• GPS FOR ENT Surgical navigation systems give ENT surgeons a roadmap for procedures that require the utmost precision.
