Computed tomography-guided navigation of thoracic pedicle screws for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis results in more accurate placement and less screw removal

Spine

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Ughwanogho, Ejovi ^a   Patel, Neeraj M ^b   Baldwin, Keith D ^a   Sampson, Norma Rendon ^b   Flynn, John M ^b  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

adolescent idiopathic scoliosis; navigation; O arm; pedicle screw

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY GUIDED NAVIGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE REMOVAL; DEVICE SAFETY; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC SCOLIOSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MALE; PEDICLE SCREW; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SINUS TACHYCARDIA; SPINE FUSION; T WAVE; VERTEBRA BODY;

ADOLESCENT; BONE SCREWS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL FIXATORS; MALE; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCOLIOSIS; SPINAL FUSION; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84860001235     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e318238bbd9     Document Type: Article

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