Background: Pedicle screw placement in spine surgery is a complex and delicate procedure that requires precise ... of navigated instruments and precise screw trajectory planning to avoid complications ...

The lumbar spine includes the five vertebrae in your lower back numbered L1 to L5. These bones help provide mobility and stability to your back and spinal column and are an attachment point for many ...

After local anesthesia, a guide pin was drilled into the left pedicle of the seventh thoracic vertebra with the assistance of the robot. The balloon was inserted to expand the vertebral body, and the ...

On contrast-enhanced CT evaluation, one of the pedicle screws was found to be impinging on the aortic wall, with contrast opacification in the left hemithorax. After resuscitation, he underwent a ...

The study found multiple benefits for surgery using Intuitive Surgical’s da Vinci robot compared with laparoscopic or open procedures. The study included 212 adult spine surgery patients who had a ...

“He suffered a severe thoracic spinal cord injury due to a knife lodged in his spine. Surgery was conducted to remove the knife and repair spinal fluid leakage. He also sustained deep wounds on his ...

Plain radiographs of the whole spine of a 3-year-old boy with early-onset scoliosis. A 4-year-old boy with early-onset scoliosis and thoracic insufficiency syndrome treated with the vertical ...

Comparison of laparoscopic radiofrequency ablation with percutaneous radiofrequency ablation in the treatment of chronic hepatitis B-related hepatocellular carcinoma involving specific sites: A ...

3 The University of Manchester, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, University Hospital South Manchester NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, UK 4 University Hospital of South Manchester, ...