Comparison of screw placement guided by O-arm navigation and ultrasound volume navigation in minimally invasive transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion_Chinese Journal of Reparative and Reconstructive Surgery

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LIN Xuxin ^1,2 , CHANG Qing ² , SHANG Lijie ² , SHEN Suhong ³ , FU Zhuo ³ , WANG Yifan ² , ZHOU Lufan ² , FU Hao ² ,  ZHAO Gang ²

1. Graduate School, Hunan University of Chinese Medicine, Changsha Hunan, 410208, P. R. China;
2. First Department of Minimally Invasive Spine, Luoyang Orthopedic-Traumatological Hospital of Henan Province (Henan Provincial Orthopedic Hospital), Luoyang Henan, 471000, P. R. China;
3. Department of Functional Examination, Luoyang Orthopedic-Traumatological Hospital of Henan Province (Henan Provincial Orthopedic Hospital), Luoyang Henan, 471000, P. R. China;

Corresponding author：

ZHAO Gang, Email: 13663889866@163.com

Keywords：

Minimally invasive transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion; O-arm navigation; ultrasound volume navigation; screw placement

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10.7507/1002-1892.202308067

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Objective To compare the effectiveness of O-arm navigation and ultrasound volume navigation (UVN) in guiding screw placement during minimally invasive transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (MIS-TLIF) surgery. Methods Sixty patients who underwent MIS-TLIF surgery for lumbar disc herniation between June 2022 and June 2023 and met the selection criteria were included in the study. They were randomly assigned to group A (screw placement guided by UVN during MIS-TLIF) or group B (screw placement guided by O-arm navigation during MIS-TLIF), with 30 cases in each group. There was no significant difference in baseline data, including gender, age, body mass index, and surgical segment, between the two groups (P>0.05). Intraoperative data, including average single screw placement time, total radiation dose, and average single screw effective radiation dose, were recorded and calculated. Postoperatively, X-ray film and CT scans were performed at 10 days to evaluate screw placement accuracy and assess facet joint violation. Pearson correlation and Spearman correlation analyses were used to observe the relationship between the studied parameters (average single screw placement time and screw placement accuracy grading) and BMI. Results The average single screw placement time in group B was significantly shorter than that in group A, and the total radiation dose of single segment and multi-segment and the average single screw effective radiation dose in group B were significantly higher than those in group A (P<0.05). There was no significant difference in the total radiation dose between single segment and multiple segments in group B (P>0.05), while the total radiation dose of multiple segments was significantly higher than that of single segment in group A (P<0.05). No significant difference was found in the accuracy of screw implantation between the two groups (P>0.05). In both groups, the grade 1 and grade 2 screws broke through the outer wall of the pedicle, and no screw broke through the inner wall of the pedicle. There was no significant difference in the rate of facet joint violation between the two groups (P>0.05). In group A, both the average single screw placement time and screw placement accuracy grading were positively correlated with BMI (r=0.677, P<0.001; r=0.222, P=0.012), while in group B, neither of them was correlated with BMI (r=0.224, P=0.233; r=0.034, P=0.697). Conclusion UVN-guided screw placement in MIS-TLIF surgery demonstrates comparable efficiency, visualization, and accuracy to O-arm navigation, while significantly reducing radiation exposure. However, it may be influenced by factors such as obesity, which poses certain limitations.

Citation： LIN Xuxin, CHANG Qing, SHANG Lijie, SHEN Suhong, FU Zhuo, WANG Yifan, ZHOU Lufan, FU Hao, ZHAO Gang. Comparison of screw placement guided by O-arm navigation and ultrasound volume navigation in minimally invasive transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion. Chinese Journal of Reparative and Reconstructive Surgery, 2023, 37(11): 1403-1409. doi: 10.7507/1002-1892.202308067 Copy

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2. Katz JN, Zimmerman ZE, Mass H, et al. Diagnosis and management of lumbar spinal stenosis: A review. JAMA, 2022, 327(17): 1688-1699.
3. Zhao Y, Bo X, Wang C, et al. Guided punctures with ultrasound volume navigation in percutaneous transforaminal endoscopic discectomy: A technical note. World Neurosurg, 2018, 119: 77-84.
4. Coric D, Rossi VJ, Peloza J, et al. Percutaneous, navigated minimally invasive posterior cervical pedicle screw fixation. Int J Spine Surg, 2020, 14(s3): S14-S21.
5. Liu H, Wu J, Tang Y, et al. Percutaneous placement of lumbar pedicle screws via intraoperative CT image-based augmented reality-guided technology. J Neurosurg Spine, 2019, 20: 1-6.
6. McCloskey K, Turlip R, Ahmad HS, et al. Virtual and augmented reality in spine surgery: A systematic review. World Neurosurg, 2023, 173: 96-107.
7. Zhang M, Li J, Fang T, et al. Application of 3-dimensional printing guide template and pointed lotus-style regulator in percutaneous pedicle screw fixation for thoracolumbar fractures. Sci Rep, 2022, 12(1): 2930.
8. 曾柏方, 吴超, 李涛, 等. 3D打印皮外导板辅助微创椎弓根螺钉植入治疗多节段胸腰椎骨折. 中国修复重建外科杂志, 2021, 35(6): 742-749.
9. Lin S, Wang F, Hu J, et al. Comparison of the accuracy and safety of TiRobot-assisted and fluoroscopy-assisted percutaneous pedicle screw placement for the treatment of thoracolumbar fractures. Orthop Surg, 2022, 14(11): 2955-2963.
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