ArticleFrontiers of medicine2020
Guidelines for navigation-assisted spine surgery.
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9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Spine-specific robots may offer superior screw placement accuracy in spinal surgery procedures. A systematic review and network and proportional meta-analysis.Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research · 2025Pooled it
- Applications of Computer-Assisted and Robotic Navigation in Anterior Cervical Spine Surgery: A Scoping Review.Cureus · 2026Review
- Markerless inside-out tool tracking for endoscopic spine surgery: a benchmarking study and clinical dataset.International journal of computer assisted radiology and surgery · 2026Article
- Critical Anatomy-Preserving & Terrain-Augmenting Navigation (CAPTAiN): Application to Laminectomy Surgical Education.IEEE transactions on medical robotics and bionics · 2025Article
- Unlocking Precision in Spinal Surgery: Evaluating the Impact of Neuronavigation Systems.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Top 100 Most Cited Articles on Intraoperative Image-Guided Navigation in Spine Surgery.Cureus · 2024Review
- Analysis of the Screw Accuracy and Postoperative Efficacy of Screw Placement in Single Position and Bipedal Position in Robot-Assisted Oblique Lumbar Interbody Fusion: Preliminary Results of Mazor X Stealth Usage.Orthopaedic surgery · 2024Article
- Augmented Reality Surgical Navigation in Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery: A Preclinical Study.Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- A systematic review on the cost-effectiveness of the computer-assisted orthopedic system.Health care science · 2022Review
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Abstract
Spinal surgery is a technically demanding and challenging procedure because of the complicated anatomical structures of the spine and its proximity to several important tissues. Surgical landmarks and fluoroscopy have been used for pedicle screw insertion but are found to produce inaccuracies in placement. Improving the safety and accuracy of spinal surgery has increasingly become a clinical concern. Computerassisted navigation is an extension and application of precision medicine in orthopaedic surgery and has significantly improved the accuracy of spinal surgery. However, no clinical guidelines have been published for this relatively new and fast-growing technique, thus potentially limiting its adoption. In accordance with the consensus of consultant specialists, literature reviews, and our local experience, these guidelines include the basic concepts of the navigation system, workflow of navigation-assisted spinal surgery, some common pitfalls, and recommended solutions. This work helps to standardize navigation-assisted spinal surgery, improve its clinical efficiency and precision, and shorten the clinical learning curve.
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