Praveen Perni, MD, becomes first spine surgeon in Indiana to use the ExcelsiusGPS

Praveen Perni, MD, a spine surgeon with the American Health Network, is the first in Indiana to use the ExcelsiusGPS. Dr. Perni works with the Bone and Spine Group.

This robotic guidance and navigation device lets doctors see inside a patient throughout an operation. This can result in less blood loss, less muscle damage and a faster recovery.*

* Tian, Nai-Feng, et. al. "Minimally invasive versus open transformational lumbar interbody fusion: a meta-analysis based on the current evidence.” Euro Spine J 22 (2013): 1741–1749.