Masato Tanaka, Konstantinos Zygogiannnis, Naveen Sake, Shinya Arataki, Yoshihiro Fujiwara, Takuya Taoka, Thiago Henrique de Moraes Modesto, Ioannis Chatzikomninos
Background and Objectives : C-arm-free MIS techniques can offer significantly reduced rates of postoperative complications such as inadequate decompression, blood loss, and instrumentation misplacement. Another advantageous long-term aspect is the notably diminished exposure to radiation, which is known to cause malignant changes. This study emphasizes that, in some cases of spinal conditions that require a procedural intervention, C-arm-free MIS techniques hold stronger indications than open surgeries guided by image intensifiers...
October 6, 2023: Medicina