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The Utility of a Digital Virtual Template for Junior Surgeons in Pedicle Screw Placement in the Lumbar Spine
Joint Authors
Zhao, Xin
Zhao, Jie
Xie, Youzhuan
Mi, Jie
Source
Issue
Vol. 2016, Issue 2016 (31 Dec. 2016), pp.1-6, 6 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2016-05-22
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
6
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
This study assessed the utility of three-dimensional preoperative image reconstruction as digital virtual templating for junior surgeons in placing a pedicle screw (PS) in the lumbar spine.
Twenty-three patients of lumbar disease were operated on with bilateral PS fixation in our hospital.
The two sides of lumbar pedicles were randomly divided into “hand-free group” (HFG) and “digital virtual template group” (DVTG) in each patient.
Two junior surgeons preoperatively randomly divided into these two groups finished the placement of PSs.
The accuracy of PS and the procedure time of PS insertion were recorded.
The accuracy of PS in DVTG was 91.8% and that in HFG was 87.7%.
The PS insertion procedure time of DVTG was 74.5 ± 8.1 s and that of HFG was 90.9 ± 9.9 s.
Although no significant difference was reported in the accurate rate of PS between the two groups, the PS insertion procedure time was significantly shorter in DVTG than in HFG ( P < 0.05 ).
Digital virtual template is simple and can reduce the procedure time of PS placement.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Zhao, Xin& Zhao, Jie& Xie, Youzhuan& Mi, Jie. 2016. The Utility of a Digital Virtual Template for Junior Surgeons in Pedicle Screw Placement in the Lumbar Spine. BioMed Research International،Vol. 2016, no. 2016, pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1097229
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Zhao, Xin…[et al.]. The Utility of a Digital Virtual Template for Junior Surgeons in Pedicle Screw Placement in the Lumbar Spine. BioMed Research International No. 2016 (2016), pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1097229
American Medical Association (AMA)
Zhao, Xin& Zhao, Jie& Xie, Youzhuan& Mi, Jie. The Utility of a Digital Virtual Template for Junior Surgeons in Pedicle Screw Placement in the Lumbar Spine. BioMed Research International. 2016. Vol. 2016, no. 2016, pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1097229
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1097229