Comparison of radiation exposure in lumbar pedicle screw placement with fluoroscopy vs computer-assisted image guidance with intraoperative three-dimensional imaging

Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 532-537

  Smith, Harvey E ^a   Welsch, Matthew D ^a   Sasso, Rick C ^a   Vaccaro, Alexander R ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

C arm fluoroscopy; Intraoperative imaging; Minimally invasive surgery, computer assisted, Image guided; Pedicle screw; Radiation exposure; Surgical navigation systems

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; CADAVER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE DISPLAY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; IONIZING RADIATION; LUMBAR SPINE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PEDICLE SCREW; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION HAZARD; SPINE SURGERY; SURGEON; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL RISK; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

EID: 58149291992     PISSN: 10790268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10790268.2008.11753648     Document Type: Conference Paper

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