Percutaneous placement of lumbar pedicle screws via intraoperative CT image-based augmented reality-guided technology.

CONCLUSIONS: In bone-agar experimental settings, AR-guided percutaneous lumbar pedicle screw placements were acceptable and more efficient than radiograph-guided placements. In a comparison of the two AR-guided placements, the automatic-alignment method was as accurate as the manual method but more efficient. Because of some limitations, the AR-guided system cannot be recommended in a clinical setting until there is significant improvement of this technology. PMID: 31860809 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: Journal of Neurosurgery.Spine - December 19, 2019 Category: Neurosurgery Authors: Liu H, Wu J, Tang Y, Li H, Wang W, Li C, Zhou Y Tags: J Neurosurg Spine Source Type: research