Open AccessRobot assisted navigated drilling for percutaneous pedicle screw placement: A preliminary animal study
Author(s) -
Hongwei Wang,
Yue Zhou,
Jun Li,
Jianda Han,
Liangbi Xiang
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
indian journal of orthopaedics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.434
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1998-3727
pISSN - 0019-5413
DOI - 10.4103/0019-5413.159670
Subject(s) - fluoroscopy , medicine , percutaneous , lumbar , drill , fixation (population genetics) , surgery , radiology , population , materials science , environmental health , metallurgy
There is much more radiation exposure to the surgeons during minimally invasive pedicle screws placement. In order to ease the surgeon's hand-eye coordination and to reduce the iatrogenic radiation injury to the surgeons, a robot assisted percutaneous pedicle screw placement is useful. This study assesses the feasibility and clinical value of robot assisted navigated drilling for pedicle screw placement and the results thus achieved formed the basis for the development of a new robot for pedicle screw fixation surgery.