A prospective, randomized, controlled trial of robot-assisted vs freehand pedicle screw fixation in spine surgery

International Journal of Medical Robotics and Computer Assisted Surgery

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2017, Pages

  Kim, Ho Joong ^a   Jung, Whan Ik ^a   Chang, Bong Soon ^a   Lee, Choon Ki ^a   Kang, Kyoung Tak ^b   Yeom, Jin S ^a  

^a Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Yonsei University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

free hand technique; posterior lumbar interbody fusion; proximal facet joint violation; randomized controlled trial; robot assisted pedicle screw fixation

Indexed keywords

PATIENT TREATMENT; SCREWS;

FACET JOINTS; FREE-HAND TECHNIQUE; FUSION GROUPS; PEDICLE SCREWS; POSTERIOR LUMBAR INTERBODY FUSIONS; PROSPECTIVES; PROXIMAL FACET JOINT VIOLATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; ROBOT-ASSISTED PEDICLE SCREW FIXATION; SCREW FIXATION;

ROBOTS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOMPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; OPEN SURGERY; OPERATION DURATION; PATIENT SAFETY; PEDICLE SCREW; POSTERIOR LUMBAR INTERBODY FUSION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; ROBOT ASSISTED SURGERY; ROBOTIC SURGICAL SYSTEM; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY; COMPUTER ASSISTED SURGERY; DEVICES; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; PROCEDURES; ROBOTIC SURGICAL PROCEDURE; SPINE FUSION; SURGERY; X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; PEDICLE SCREWS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROBOTIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SPINAL FUSION; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84990173306     PISSN: 14785951     EISSN: 1478596X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rcs.1779     Document Type: Article

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