Anticipation of vertebral pedicle breach through dynamic surgical guidance

OBJECTIVE: To determine the effectiveness of a pedicle probe to anticipate an impending breach and allow redirection during placement of a pilot pedicle hole. METHODS: Purposely four cortical wall sites were drilled: medial and lateral pedicle wall, and lateral and anterior wall of the vertebra...

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Main Authors: John Williams, Amer Samdani, Helton Luiz Aparecido Defino, Keri George, John Gaughan, Randal Betz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Coluna (SBC) 2014-09-01
Series:Coluna/Columna
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1808-18512014000300210&lng=en&tlng=en