Accuracy of current techniques for placement of pedicle screws in the spine: a comprehensive systematic review and meta-analysis of 51,161 screws

A Perdomo-Pantoja, W Ishida, C Zygourakis… - World neurosurgery, 2019 - Elsevier
Background Pedicle screws (PSs) are routinely used for stabilization to enhance fusion in a
variety of spinal diseases. Although the accuracy of different PS placement methods has …

Pedicle screw insertion techniques: an update and review of the literature

F Perna, R Borghi, F Pilla, N Stefanini, A Mazzotti… - Musculoskeletal …, 2016 - Springer
Pedicle screw construct have become one of the most practiced procedure in spinal surgery.
Despite commonly used, questions remain about their safety especially for the thoracic …

Augmented reality–assisted pedicle screw insertion: a cadaveric proof-of-concept study

CA Molina, N Theodore, AK Ahmed… - … of Neurosurgery: Spine, 2019 - thejns.org
OBJECTIVE Augmented reality (AR) is a novel technology that has the potential to increase
the technical feasibility, accuracy, and safety of conventional manual and robotic computer …

Outcome and safety analysis of 3D-printed patient-specific pedicle screw jigs for complex spinal deformities: a comparative study

B Garg, M Gupta, M Singh, D Kalyanasundaram - The Spine Journal, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract Background Context Spinal deformities are very challenging to treat and have a
great risk of neurologic complications because of hardware placement during corrective …

Preliminary application of a multi-level 3D printing drill guide template for pedicle screw placement in severe and rigid scoliosis

K Liu, Q Zhang, X Li, C Zhao, X Quan, R Zhao… - European Spine …, 2017 - Springer
Purpose Accurate implantation of pedicle screw in spinal deformity correction surgeries is
always challenging. We have developed a method of pedicle screw placement in severe …

Intraoperative image guidance compared with free-hand methods in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis posterior spinal surgery: a systematic review on screw-related …

A Chan, E Parent, K Narvacan, C San, E Lou - The Spine Journal, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract Background Context Severe adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) is a three-
dimensional spinal deformity requiring surgery to stop curve progression. Posterior spinal …

Prospective comparative study in spine surgery between O-arm and Airo systems: efficacy and radiation exposure

K Farah, P Coudert, T Graillon, B Blondel, H Dufour… - World Neurosurgery, 2018 - Elsevier
Objective Pedicle screw placement remains challenging. The present study focuses on the
comparison between 2 intraoperative-based neuronavigation systems (O-Arm and AIRO) …

A scaled bilateral teleoperation system for robotic-assisted surgery with time delay

J Guo, C Liu, P Poignet - Journal of Intelligent & Robotic Systems, 2019 - Springer
The master-slave teleoperated robotic systems have advanced the surgeries in the past
decades. Time delay is usually caused due to the data transmission between …

Robot-assisted ultrasound reconstruction for spine surgery: from bench-top to pre-clinical study

R Li, A Davoodi, Y Cai, K Niu, G Borghesan… - International journal of …, 2023 - Springer
Purpose Robot-assisted ultrasound (rUS) systems have already been used to provide non-
radiative three-dimensional (3D) reconstructions that form the basis for guiding spine …

The Child's Age and the Size of the Curvature Do Not Affect the Accuracy of Screw Placement with the Free-Hand Technique in Spinal Deformities in Children and …

P Grabala, IJ Helenius, P Kowalski, M Grabala… - Journal of clinical …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Background: The current method of treatment of spinal deformities would be almost
impossible without pedicle screws (PS) placement. There are only a few studies evaluating …