Use of an inertial measurement unit sensor in pedicle screw placement improves trajectory accuracy

Satoshi Baba; Kenichi Kawaguchi; Kazuhito Itamoto; Takeshi Watanabe; Mitsumasa Hayashida; Takao Mae; Yasuharu Nakashima; Go Kato

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0242512

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Use of an inertial measurement unit sensor in pedicle screw placement improves trajectory accuracy

Satoshi Baba,

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

Affiliations Department of Spine Surgery, Saga Medical Center, Koseikan, Saga, Japan, Trauma Center, Saga Medical Center, Koseikan, Saga, Japan, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Kyushu University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Fukuoka, Japan
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Kenichi Kawaguchi,

Roles Investigation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Kyushu University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Fukuoka, Japan
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Kazuhito Itamoto,

Roles Investigation, Resources

Affiliation Department of Small Animal Clinical Science, Joint Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Yamaguchi University, Yamaguchi, Japan
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Takeshi Watanabe,

Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Watanabe Orthopedic Hospital, Itoshima, Fukuoka, Japan
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Mitsumasa Hayashida,

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Spine Surgery, Saga Medical Center, Koseikan, Saga, Japan, Trauma Center, Saga Medical Center, Koseikan, Saga, Japan, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Kyushu University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Fukuoka, Japan
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Takao Mae,

Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Trauma Center, Saga Medical Center, Koseikan, Saga, Japan, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Saga Medical Center, Koseikan, Saga, Japan
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Yasuharu Nakashima,

Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Kyushu University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Fukuoka, Japan
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Go Kato

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: gkato23@yahoo.co.jp

Affiliations Department of Spine Surgery, Saga Medical Center, Koseikan, Saga, Japan, Trauma Center, Saga Medical Center, Koseikan, Saga, Japan, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Fukuoka Red Cross Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3098-9759

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Use of an inertial measurement unit sensor in pedicle screw placement improves trajectory accuracy

Satoshi Baba,
Kenichi Kawaguchi,
Kazuhito Itamoto,
Takeshi Watanabe,
Mitsumasa Hayashida,
Takao Mae,
Yasuharu Nakashima,
Go Kato

Published: November 16, 2020
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0242512

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