Improving accuracy and reducing radiation exposure in minimally invasive lumbar interbody fusion

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 533-539

  Wood, Martin James ^a   Mannion, Richard John ^b  

^a PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b Mater Private Hospital Brisbane   (Australia)

Author keywords

Computer assisted navigation; Lumbar fusion; Minimally invasive spine surgery; Pedicle screw placement

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MINIMALLY INVASIVE LUMBAR INTERBODY FUSION; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; NERVE ROOT INJURY; PEDICLE SCREW; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADICULOPATHY; SPINAL ROOT; SPINE FUSION;

ADULT; AGED; BONE SCREWS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; SPINAL FUSION; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77951736379     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: 15475646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2009.11.SPINE09270     Document Type: Article

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