The present disclosure relates to a surgical
navigation system (1) having an
annotation function for inputting position-related, particularly visual, medical annotations or records and / or for outputting medical annotations during a surgical procedure on a patient (P), the surgical
navigation system (1) comprising a
display device (2), particularly an operating monitor, for visual output of medical annotations, at least one
robot (4) as a
positioning system, particularly a multi-link
robotic arm (8) movably connected to a
robot base (6), and a
robot head (10) arranged at an end of the
robotic arm (8), a stereoscopic
recording system (12), particularly a
stereo camera, particularly preferably a stereomicroscope, arranged on or within the robot head (10), the stereoscopic
recording system comprising at least two recording units (14) arranged spaced apart from each other for performing a 3D recording (3DA) of a structure or surface for the
recording system (12) and providing it in a computer-readable format together with recording parameters, a
tracking system (16) adapted to detect and track the orientation of the recording
system (12), particularly indirectly via the orientation of the robot head (19), and provide the orientation of the recording
system (12) in a computer-readable format, an
annotation system (18) comprising a storage device in which a central digital
annotation database having a
global coordinate system for annotation objects is stored, and a
control unit (20) adapted to process the provided 3D recording (3DA) together with the recording parameters and the provided orientation, determine the orientation of the 3D recording (3DA) in the
global coordinate system based on the provided recording parameters and the orientation of the recording system (12), and output at least one annotation object of the
annotation database in a superimposed display (U) via the
display device (2) at least at a correct position, particularly in a correct orientation, within the 3D recording (3DA) to improve navigation. The present disclosure relates to a navigation method and a computer-readable storage medium according to the independent and dependent claims.