Percutaneous placement of pedicle screws in the lumbar spine using a bone mounted miniature robotic system: First experiences and accuracy of screw placement

Spine

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 392-398

  Pechlivanis, Ioannis ^a,b   Kiriyanthan, George ^b   Engelhardt, Martin ^b   Scholz, Martin ^b   Lücke, Sebastian ^b   Harders, Albrecht ^b   Schmieder, Kirsten ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Lumbar fusion; Minimal invasive; Pedicle screws; Robot assisted surgery; Spinal surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; PEDICLE SCREW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; ROBOTICS; THORACIC SPINE; BONE SCREW; COMPUTER ASSISTED SURGERY; ELECTRONICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION; INSTRUMENTATION; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MIDDLE AGED; NOTE; PILOT STUDY; RADIOGRAPHY; SPINE FUSION; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; BONE SCREWS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINIATURIZATION; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROBOTICS; SPINAL FUSION; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 64749091332     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e318191ed32     Document Type: Article

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