Comparative Prospective Study Reporting Intraoperative Parameters, Pedicle Screw Perforation, and Radiation Exposure in Navigation-Guided versus Non-navigated Fluoroscopy-Assisted Minimal Invasive Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion.

Conclusions: Navigation guidance in MIS TLIF reduced radiation exposure, but the perforation status was not statistically different than that for the fluoroscopy-based technique. Thus, navigation in nondeformity cases is useful for significantly reducing the radiation exposure, but its ability to reduce pedicle screw perforation in nondeformity cases remains to be proven. PMID: 29713413 [PubMed]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29713413?dopt=Abstract

Source: Asian Spine Journal - May 3, 2018 Category: Orthopaedics Tags: Asian Spine J Source Type: research