Safety and accuracy of robot-assisted versus fluoroscopy-guided pedicle screw insertion for degenerative diseases of the lumbar spine: A matched cohort comparison - Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 636-643

  Schatlo, Bawarjan ^a,c   Molliqaj, Granit ^a   Cuvinciuc, Victor ^a   Kotowski, Marc ^b   Schaller, Karl ^a   Tessitore, Enrico ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Computer assisted surgery; Lumbar; Pedicle screw; Robotic surgery; Spinal fusion; Spine instrumentation

Indexed keywords

MORPHINE;

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; COMPUTER ASSISTED SURGERY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LENGTH OF STAY; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PEDICLE SCREW; ROBOTICS; SPINE SURGERY; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

BMI = BODY MASS INDEX; COMPUTER-ASSISTED SURGERY; LOS = LENGTH OF STAY; LUMBAR; PEDICLE SCREW; PLIF = POSTERIOR LUMBAR INTERBODY FUSION; ROBOTIC SURGERY; SPINAL FUSION; SPINE INSTRUMENTATION; TLIF = TRANSFORAMINAL LUMBAR INTERBODY FUSION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE SCREWS; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SAFETY; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROBOTICS; SPINAL DISEASES; SPINAL FUSION; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84901771151     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: 15475646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2014.3.SPINE13714     Document Type: Article

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