Open AccessRole of intraoperative Iso-C based navigation in challenging spine trauma
Author(s) -
Ashish Jaiswal,
Ajoy Prasad Shetty,
S. Rajasekaran
Publication year - 2007
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 - 10.4103/0019-5413.36993
Subject(s) - medicine , neurovascular bundle , ankylosing spondylitis , spinal fracture , surgery , fixation (population genetics) , radiography , intramedullary rod , population , environmental health
Pedicle screw fixation is the most preferred method of stabilizing unstable spinal fractures. Pedicle screw placement may be difficult in presence of fractured posterior elements, deformed spine, gross instability and spinal pathology. Challenging spine-fracture fixation is defined as the presence of one or more of the following: 1) obscured topographical landmarks as in ankylosing spondylitis, 2) fractures in occipitocervical or cervicothoracic regions and 3) preexisting altered spinal alignment. We report a series of pedicle screw insertion with guidance of navigation in difficult fixation problems..