A case series on the technical use of three-dimensional image guidance in subaxial anterior cervical surgery

International Journal of Medical Robotics and Computer Assisted Surgery

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 44-51

  Pirris, Stephen M ^a   Nottmeier, Eric W ^a,b  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b St Vincent's Brain and Spine Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical spine; Image guidance; Image guided surgery; Navigation; Spinal navigation; Spine

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DISSECTION; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT;

3-D IMAGE; 3D-IMAGES; ANTERIOR CERVICAL SPINE SURGERIES; CERVICAL SPINE; IMAGE GUIDANCES; IMAGE GUIDED SURGERY; SPINAL NAVIGATION; SPINE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGES; THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D) IMAGE;

SURGERY;

ADULT; ANATOMICAL CONCEPTS; ANTERIOR SPINE FUSION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONE BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KYPHOSCOLIOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOMYELITIS; OSTEOPHYTE; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SPINE SURGERY; SUBAXIAL ANTERIOR CERVICAL SURGERY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINE; COMPUTER ASSISTED SURGERY; PROCEDURES; RADIOGRAPHY; SPINE FUSION; SURGERY;

ADULT; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CONE-BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPINAL FUSION; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 84923643163     PISSN: 14785951     EISSN: 1478596X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rcs.1571     Document Type: Article

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