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ArticleAME case reports2018

Use of image-guided bone scalpel for resection of spine tumors: technical note.

James E Towner, Keaton F Piper, Luke O Schoeniger, Shahnawaz H Qureshi, Yan Michael Li

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Article in AME case reports, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Ultrasonic bone scalpel in spine surgery.Journal of orthopaedics · 2023
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

James E TownerDepartment of Neurosurgery, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, USA.
Keaton F PiperDepartment of Neurosurgery, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, USA.
Luke O SchoenigerDepartment of Surgical Oncology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, USA.
Shahnawaz H QureshiDepartment of Neurosurgery, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, USA.
Yan Michael LiDepartment of Neurosurgery, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In the literature, the use of navigation for spine tumor surgery has largely centered on implant placement. We describe the cases of two patients with spinal tumors on whom we utilized our resection technique of registering an ultrasonic bone scalpel (UBS) to a navigation system. In both cases, we achieved a satisfactory tumor resection with negative margins and excellent neurologic outcomes. We feel that using the navigation-registered UBS is a valuable tool to increase the operator's ability to achieve desired resections while minimizing the neurologic deficits and operative morbidity associated with these challenging surgical cases.

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Image-guided navigationprimary spine tumorsacral chordomaultrasonic bone scalpel (UBS)

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PMID30596203
PMCPMC6286896

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