Monitoring the quality of robot-assisted pedicle screw fixation in the lumbar spine by using a cumulative summation test

Spine

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 87-94

  Kim, Ho Joong ^a   Lee, Seung Hoo ^a   Chang, Bong Soon ^b   Lee, Choon Ki ^b   Lim, Teck Onn ^c   Hoo, Ling Ping ^c   Yi, Je Min ^d   Yeom, Jin S ^a  

^a Seoul National University Bundang Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

^c Malaysian Meteorological Service   (Malaysia)

^d Kangwon National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

cumulative summation; freehand technique; posterior lumbar interbody fusion; robot assisted pedicle screw fixation

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUMULATIVE SUMMATION TEST; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUMBAR SPINAL STENOSIS; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; MONITORING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEDICLE SCREW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY CONTROL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; ROBOT ASSISTED PEDICLE SCREW FIXATION; ROBOTIC SURGICAL PROCEDURE; SPINE FUSION; DEVICES; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; ROBOTICS; SPINAL STENOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; PEDICLE SCREWS; ROBOTICS; SPINAL FUSION; SPINAL STENOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84921384329     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0000000000000680     Document Type: Article

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