Anterior Vertebral Body Screw Position Placed Thoracoscopically: A Function of Anatomy and Surgeon Experience in a Porcine Model

Spine

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 815-822

  Zhang, Hong ^a   Sucato, Daniel J ^a   Welch, Robert D ^a  

^a TEXAS SCOTTISH RITE HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

Author keywords

Learning curve; Scoliosis; Screw position; Thoracoscopic instrumentation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR SPINE FUSION; ARTICLE; BONE SCREW; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SAFETY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SWINE; THORACIC SPINE; THORACOSCOPY; VERTEBRA BODY;

ANIMALS; BONE SCREWS; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; MALE; MODELS, ANIMAL; SPINAL FUSION; SWINE; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; THORACOSCOPY;

EID: 1842511607     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.BRS.0000119402.26124.0B     Document Type: Article

References (15)

1. Betz R. Anterior instrumentation for thoracic adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: open and minimally invasive techniques. Proceedings of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. February 2000.
2. Cunningham BW, Kotani Y, McNulty PS, et al. Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery versus open thoracotomy for anterior thoracic spinal fusion: a comparative radiographic, biomechanical, and histologic analysis in a sheep model. Spine. 1998;23:1333-1340,
3. Blackman RG, Luque E. Endoscopic anterior correction of idiopathic scoliosis. In: Dickman CA, Rosenthal DJ, Perin NI, eds. Thoracoscopic Spine Surgery. New York: Thieme, 1999:183-211.
4. Ebraheim NA, Xu R, Ahmad M, et al. Anatomic considerations of anterior instrumentation of the thoracic spine. Am J Orthop. 1997;6:419-424.
5. Kamimura M, Kinoshita T, Itoh H, et al. Preoperative CT examination for accurate and safe anterior spinal instrumentation surgery with endoscopic approach. J Spinal Disord. 2002;15:47-52.
6. Mack MJ, Regan JJ, McAfee PC, et al. Video-assisted thoracic surgery for the anterior approach to the thoracic spine. Ann Thorac Surg. 1995;59: 1100-1104.
7. Newton PO, Shea K, Granlund K. Defining the pediatric spinal thoracoscopy learning curve: sixty-five consecutive cases. Spine. 2000;25:1028-1035.
8. Newton PO, Wenger DR, Mubarak SJ, et al. Anterior release and fusion in pediatric spinal deformity: a comparison of early outcome and cost of thoracoscopic and open thoracotomy approaches. Spine. 1997;22:1398-1406.
9. Picetti G III, Blackman RG, O'Neal K, et al. Anterior endoscopic correction and fusion of scoliosis. Orthopedics. 1998;21:1285-1287.
10. Picetti G III, Bueff H. Endoscopic instrumentation, correction and fusion of thoracic curve in idiopathic adolescent scoliosis. Scoliosis Research Society, Cairns, Australia, 2000.
11. Regan JJ, Mark MJ, Picetti G III. A technical report on video-assisted thoracoscopy in thoracic spinal surgery: preliminary description. Spine. 1995;20:831-837.
12. Sucato DJ, Welch RD, Pierce WA, et al. Thoracoscopic discectomy and fusion in an animal model: safe and effective when segmental blood vessels are spared. Spine. 2002;27:880-886.
13. Assaker R, Cinquin P, Lejeune JP. Image-guide endoscopic spine surgery. Spine. 2001;26:1705-1710.
14. Sucaro DJ, Hedequisr D, Pierce WA, et al. Rh-BMP-2 induced anterior spine fusion in a thoracoscopically instrumented animal model. 36th Annual Meeting of Scoliosis Research Society, Cleveland, Ohio, 2001.
15. Sucato DJ, Kassab F, Dempsey M. Thoracoscopic anterior spinal instrumentation and fusion for idiopathic scoliosis: a CT analysis of screw placement and completeness of discectomy. 36th Annual Meeting of Scoliosis Research Society, Cleveland, Ohio, 2001.