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ReviewJournal of clinical medicine2024

Image-Guided Navigation in Spine Surgery: From Historical Developments to Future Perspectives.

John Preston Wilson, Lane Fontenot, Caleb Stewart, Deepak Kumbhare, Bharat Guthikonda, Stanley Hoang

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Review in Journal of clinical medicine, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers.

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19citing papers in PubMed
16.6field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

19 citing papers in PubMed, 29 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. An Optical Tracking-Based Robot-Assisted System for Spinal Fixation Rod Bending.The international journal of medical robotics + computer assisted surgery : MRCAS · 2026
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  6. Assessment of cognitive load in the context of neurosurgery.International journal of computer assisted radiology and surgery · 2025
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  12. Public Perception of Robot-Assisted Spine Surgery.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

John Preston WilsonDepartment of Neurosurgery, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Shreveport, Shreveport, LA 71103, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3846-3188
Lane FontenotDepartment of Neurosurgery, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Shreveport, Shreveport, LA 71103, USA.
Caleb StewartDepartment of Neurosurgery, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Shreveport, Shreveport, LA 71103, USA.
Deepak KumbhareDepartment of Neurosurgery, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Shreveport, Shreveport, LA 71103, USA.
Bharat GuthikondaDepartment of Neurosurgery, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Shreveport, Shreveport, LA 71103, USA.
Stanley HoangDepartment of Neurosurgery, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Shreveport, Shreveport, LA 71103, USA.
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Shreveport · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Intraoperative navigation is critical during spine surgery to ensure accurate instrumentation placement. From the early era of fluoroscopy to the current advancement in robotics, spinal navigation has continued to evolve. By understanding the variations in system protocols and their respective usage in the operating room, the surgeon can use and maximize the potential of various image guidance options more effectively. At the same time, maintaining navigation accuracy throughout the procedure is of the utmost importance, which can be confirmed intraoperatively by using an internal fiducial marker, as demonstrated herein. This technology can reduce the need for revision surgeries, minimize postoperative complications, and enhance the overall efficiency of operating rooms.

Indexed as

CT image-guided navigationfluoroscopic navigationimage-guided navigationintraoperative navigationmachine vision image-guidanceminimally invasive spine surgery navigationpedicle screw fixationrobot-assisted image-guided navigationspine surgery navigation

Identifiers

PMID38610801
PMCPMC11012660
OpenAlexW4393388081

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