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A Spine Robotic-Assisted Navigation System for Pedicle Screw Placement
Published on: May 11, 2020
Percutaneous antegrade scaphoid screw placement: a feasibility and accuracy analysis of a novel electromagnetic
M Hoffmann1, O D Reinsch, J P Petersen
1Department of Trauma, Hand and Reconstructive Surgery, University Medical Center, Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.
Background:
Central screw positioning in the scaphoid provides biomechanical advantages.
Methods:
A prospective randomized study of six fluoroscopically guided and six electromagnetically navigated screw (ENS) placements was performed on human cadavers. Accuracy of screw position was determined. Intraoperative fluoroscopy exposure times, readjustments of drilling directions, complete restarts and complications were documented.
Results:
The ENS method provided a mean time benefit of 7.34 min compared with the standard method and the mean screw length ratio (SLR coronar: ENS 0.96 ± 0.04 mm, SFF: 0.92 ± 0.04 mm, P = 0.065; SLR sagittal: ENS 0.98 ± 0.02 mm, SFF: 0.91 ± 0.04 mm, P = 0.009) and the screw axis deviation angle (AD coronar: ENS 3.33 ± 2.34°, SFF: 10.33 ± 2.58°, P = 0.002; AD sagittal: ENS 2.83 ± 0.98°, SFF: 11.00 ± 6.16°, P = 0.002) were lower. Using the electromagnetic navigation procedure no drilling readjustments or restarts were required, no cortical breach occurred.
Conclusions:
Compared with the standard fluoroscopic technique, the ENS method used in this study showed higher accuracy, less complications, required less operation and radiation exposure time.
