CT-navigation versus fluoroscopy-guided placement of pedicle screws at the thoracolumbar spine: Single center experience of 4,500 screws

European Spine Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 654-660

  Waschke, Albrecht ^a   Walter, Jan ^a   Duenisch, Pedro ^a   Reichart, Rupert ^a   Kalff, Rolf ^a   Ewald, Christian ^a  

^a JENA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Fluoroscopy; Navigation; Pedicle screws; Placement accuracy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEURONAVIGATION; PATIENT SAFETY; PEDICLE SCREW; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINE SURGEON; SURGEON; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL NAVIGATION SYSTEM; THORACIC SPINE; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE; ADULT; BONE SCREW; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED SURGERY; FEMALE; IMAGE PROCESSING; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MALE; METHODOLOGY; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; RADIOGRAPHY; SPINE DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRA;

ADULT; BONE SCREWS; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL DISEASES; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84878198364     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: 14320932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-012-2509-3     Document Type: Article

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