Comparison of navigated versus non-navigated pedicle screw placement in 260 patients and 1434 screws: Screw accuracy, screw size, and the complexity of surgery

Journal of Spinal Disorders and Techniques

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2015, Pages E298-E303

  Luther, Neal ^a   Iorgulescu, J Bryan ^a   Geannette, Christian ^a   Gebhard, Harry ^a   Saleh, Tatianna ^a   Tsiouris, Apostolos J ^a   Härtl, Roger ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

fluoroscopy; fusion; navigation; pedicle screw; stereotaxy

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED SURGERY; COMPUTER THREE DIMENSIONAL NAVIGATION; FIXATION FAILURE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; ISOCENTRIC FLUOROSCOPY; LUMBOSACRAL SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; PEDICLE SCREW; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINE FRACTURE; STEREOTACTIC PROCEDURE; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; BONE SCREW; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; INTERNAL FIXATOR; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PROCEDURES; RADIOGRAPHY; SPINE; SURGERY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

BONE SCREWS; COHORT STUDIES; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; INTERNAL FIXATORS; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; PEDICLE SCREWS; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINE; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84930572817     PISSN: 15360652     EISSN: 15392465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BSD.0b013e31828af33e     Document Type: Article

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