Journal of spinal disorders & techniques
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J Spinal Disord Tech · Oct 2012
Case ReportsSpine Bull's-Eye Robot guidewire placement with pedicle standard axis view for thoracic and lumbar pedicle screw fixation.
Prospective. ⋯ Use of the Spine Bull's-Eye Robot with PSAV seems be an accurate and feasible approach for guidewire (and thus pedicle screw) placement in the thoracic and lumbar spine.
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J Spinal Disord Tech · Oct 2012
Posterior-only approach surgery for fixation and decompression of thoracolumbar spinal tuberculosis: a retrospective study.
A retrospective case study series. ⋯ The procedure in safe and has satisfactory results in early active cases of Pott paraplegia with less destruction of vertebral bodies.
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J Spinal Disord Tech · Oct 2012
Surgical correction of spinal deformity in patients with cerebral palsy using pedicle screw instrumentation.
Retrospective review of a prospectively collected single surgeon's series. ⋯ Pedicle screw instrumentation can achieve excellent correction of spinal deformity in quadriplegic cerebral palsy with low complication and re-operation rates and high parent satisfaction.