Image-guided computer-assisted spine surgery: a pilot study on pedicle screw fixation

L Nolte, L Zamorano, E Arm, H Visarius… - Stereotactic and …, 1996 - karger.com
As the pedicle offers a strong point of attachment to the spine, several instrumentation
systems using screws that go through the pedicle into the vertebral body have been …

Accuracy of pedicle screw placement: a systematic review of prospective in vivo studies comparing free hand, fluoroscopy guidance and navigation techniques

ID Gelalis, NK Paschos, EE Pakos, AN Politis… - European spine …, 2012 - Springer
Introduction With the advances and improvement of computer-assisted surgery devices,
computer-guided pedicle screws insertion has been applied to the lumbar, thoracic and …

Utility of a custom screw insertion guide and a full-scale, color-coded 3D plaster model for guiding safe surgical exposure and screw insertion during spine revision …

B Otsuki, M Takemoto, S Fujibayashi, H Kimura… - … of Neurosurgery: Spine, 2016 - thejns.org
Several articles have described the use of screw insertion guides during primary spine
surgery; however, the use of such a guide during revision surgeries has not been described …

Computer navigation versus fluoroscopy-guided navigation for thoracic pedicle screw placement: a meta-analysis

X Meng, X Guan, H Zhang, S He - Neurosurgical review, 2016 - Springer
Although application of intraoperative computer navigation technique had been integrated
into placement of pedicle screws (PSs) in thoracic fusion for years, its security and …

Accuracy of image-guided pedicle screw placement using intraoperative computed tomography-based navigation with automated referencing, part I: cervicothoracic …

KM Scheufler, J Franke, A Eckardt, H Dohmen - Neurosurgery, 2011 - journals.lww.com
BACKGROUND: Image-guided spinal instrumentation reduces the incidence of implant
misplacement. OBJECTIVE: To assess the accuracy of intraoperative computed tomography …

A novel computer-assisted drill guide template for thoracic pedicle screw placement: a cadaveric study

T Ma, YQ Xu, YB Cheng, MY Jiang, XM Xu… - Archives of orthopaedic …, 2012 - Springer
Introduction The objective of this study was to develop a novel, patient-specific, navigational
template for thoracic pedicle screw placement. Methods Twenty thoracic cadaver specimens …

Computer-assisted fluoroscopic navigation of pedicle screw insertion An in vivo feasibility study

TS Fu, LH Chen, CB Wong, PL Lai, TT Tsai… - Acta Orthopaedica …, 2004 - Taylor & Francis
Background Accurate placement of pedicle screws is difficult. Patients and methods We
evaluated the feasibility and accuracy of pedicle screw insertion assisted by a real-time, 2 …

A comparative study on the accuracy of pedicle screw placement assisted by personalized rapid prototyping template between pre-and post-operation in patients with …

Y Hu, Z Yuan, WR Spiker, W Dong, X Sun, J Yuan… - European Spine …, 2016 - Springer
Purpose The aim of this study was to assess the accuracy of rapid prototyping drill template
technique for placing pedicle screws in the mid-upper thoracic vertebrae in clinics. Methods …

Thoracic pedicle screws: comparison of start points and trajectories

A Dhawan, WR Klemme, DW Polly Jr - Spine, 2008 - journals.lww.com
Study Design. Experimental design using cadaveric computerized tomography (CT) scans
and a computer-assisted image guidance system to compare various thoracic pedicle screw …

A new navigational tool for pedicle screw placement in patients with severe scoliosis: a pilot study to prove feasibility, accuracy, and identify operative challenges

M Putzier, P Strube, R Cecchinato… - Clinical spine …, 2017 - journals.lww.com
Study Design: Pilot study. Objective: To develop and validate the feasibility and accuracy of
a newly designed navigational spinal instrument guiding tool for patient-matched thoracic …