ReviewAnnals of translational medicine2021
Intraoperative image guidance for cervical spine surgery.
Review in Annals of translational medicine, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.
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11 citing papers in PubMed.
- Evaluating Three-Dimensional Navigation versus Conventional Fluoroscopy for Posterior Cervical Foraminotomy: An Exploratory Cohort Comparison.Journal of neurological surgery. Part A, Central European neurosurgery · 2026Article
- Bilateral Multi-Segmental Motor Paralysis Following Posterior Decompression and Fusion for Cervical and Thoracic Ossification of the Posterior Longitudinal Ligament: A Case Report.Spine surgery and related research · 2026Article
- Anatomical Insights Into the Equine Cervical Intervertebral Foramina: Implications for Veterinary Practice.Anatomia, histologia, embryologia · 2026Article
- Intraoperative Navigation in Cervical Spine Surgery.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Review
- Accuracy and Feasibility of Intraoperative Computed Tomography Navigation with a Clavicular Reference Frame in Anterior Cervical Spine Surgery: A Preliminary Report.Spine surgery and related research · 2025Article
- Image Quality Comparison of Three 3D Mobile X-Ray Imaging Guidance Devices Used in Spine Surgery: A Phantom Study.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Accuracies of various types of spinal robot in robot-assisted pedicle screw insertion: a Bayesian network meta-analysis.Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research · 2023Article
- Commentary on "Robotics in Cervical Spine Surgery: Feasibility and Safety of Posterior Screw Placement".Neurospine · 2023Article
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- Commentary on "Robot-Guided Transforaminal Versus Robot-Guided Posterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion for Lumbar Degenerative Disease".Neurospine · 2021Article
- Novel use of percutaneous cervical pedicle inlet screws for supplemental posterior fixation after anterior cervical deformity correction.Journal of craniovertebral junction & spineArticle
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Abstract
Intraoperative image-guidance in spinal surgery has been influenced by various technological developments in imaging science since the early 1990s. The technology has evolved from simple fluoroscopic-based guidance to state-of-art intraoperative computed tomography (iCT)-based navigation systems. Although the intraoperative navigation is more commonly used in thoracolumbar spine surgery, this newer imaging platform has rapidly gained popularity in cervical approaches. The purpose of this manuscript is to address the applications of advanced image-guidance in cervical spine surgery and to describe the use of intraoperative neuro-navigation in surgical planning and execution. In this review, we aim to cover the following surgical techniques: anterior cervical approaches, atlanto-axial fixation, subaxial instrumentation, percutaneous interfacet cage implantation as well as minimally invasive posterior cervical foraminotomy (PCF) and unilateral laminotomy for bilateral decompression. The currently available data suggested that the use of 3D navigation significantly reduces the screw malposition, operative time, mean blood loss, radiation exposure, and complication rates in comparison to the conventional fluoroscopic-guidance. With the advancements in technology and surgical techniques, 3D navigation has potential to replace conventional fluoroscopy completely.
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