ArticleFrontiers in surgery2025
An ingenious 3D-printed navigating template for accurate screw placement in lumbar spinal stenosis.
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- Application of a posture-sensing method combined with blind guidewire probing in percutaneous pedicle screw placement for single-level thoracolumbar compression fractures: a retrospective comparative study.Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research · 2026Article
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Objective: To investigate the feasibility, accuracy, and safety of using a 3D-printed navigating template in transforaminal lumbar intervertebral fusion (TLIF) for treating lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS). Methods: A retrospective analysis was conducted on single-segment lumbar vertebrae treated with TILF at Beijing Ditan Hospital between May 2023 and May 2024. Clinical data were collected from patients diagnosed with LSS. Among them, 36 patients who underwent surgery using a 3D-printed navigating template were assigned to the template group, while another 36 patients with similar baseline characteristics were included in the control group. The following parameters were recorded: operative time, blood loss, frequency and duration of fluoroscopy, accuracy of screw placement, and incidence of complications related to spinal cord or nerve injuries. Results: The operation time and blood loss in the template group were significantly lower than those in the control group ( Conclusion: The application of 3D-printed navigating templates in the treatment of LSS using TLIF is feasible. Despite the need to account for potential inaccuracies caused by skin movement and changes in body position during surgery, this technique represents a novel and viable minimally invasive approach for screw placement.
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