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Official Journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology

Table 4 Radiation dose exposure and screw placement accuracy comparison

From: Intraoperative CT-guided navigation versus fluoroscopy for percutaneous pedicle screw placement in 192 patients: a comparative analysis

 

FA group (n = 101)

CTNav group (n = 91)

p

ED (mSv)

1.504 (0.494–4.406)

21.130 (10.840–30.390)

 < 0.001

Screw placement

Gertzbein–Robbins classification

502

450

 < 0.001

 A

390 (77.7)

417 (92.7)

 < 0.05*

 B

72 (14.3)

17 (3.7)

 < 0.05*

 C

18 (3.6)

12 (2.7)

ns

 D

6 (1.2)

4 (0.9)

ns

 E

16 (3.2)

0 (0.0)

 < 0.05*

  1. Data are expressed as median (range) and count (percentage) as appropriate.
  2. FA, fluoroscopy assisted, CTNav CT-navigation assisted, ED effective dose, mSv milliSievert.
  3. *p values from z-test comparison with Bonferroni correction