Radiation dose reduction in thoracic and lumbar spine instrumentation using navigation based on an intraoperative cone beam CT imaging system: a prospective randomized clinical trial

European Spine Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2017, Pages 2818-2827

  Pireau, Nathalie ^a   Cordemans, Virginie ^b   Banse, Xavier ^a   Irda, Nadia ^a   Lichtherte, Sébastien ^c   Kaminski, Ludovic ^c,d  

^a CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^c Vinçotte Controlatom ^*  (Belgium)

^d Clinique Saint Pierre of Ottignies   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cone beam CT; Dose reduction strategies; Intraoperative imaging; Pedicle screws; Radiation exposure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONE BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; IONIZING RADIATION; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; POSTERIOR LUMBAR INTERBODY FUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE REDUCTION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION SCATTERING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKIN; SPINE CANCER; SPINE FUSION; SPINE INJURY; SPINE SURGERY; THORACIC SPINE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; PEDICLE SCREW; PROCEDURES; SURGERY; THORACIC VERTEBRA;

CONE-BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; PEDICLE SCREWS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIATION DOSAGE; SPINAL FUSION; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 85025454934     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: 14320932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-017-5229-x     Document Type: Article

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