Clinical applicability of percutaneous cervical pedicle screws: a retrospective matched-pair study
Percutaneous cervical screw-rod instrumentation using navigated pedicle screws is a versatile tool offering comparable accuracy. Besides the advantages of shorter preparation time and applicability in combined approaches, the real benefits of muscle preservation need to be proven in larger prospective patient cohorts.
Authors
- Robert Mertens (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9442-4140)
- Claudius Jelgersma (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1755-5702)
- Clara F. Weber (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0836-8833)
- Christian Uhl (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3106-5515)
- Julia Onken (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2859-4395)
- Nils Hecht (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9989-649X)
- Kiarash Ferdowssian (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0449-7195)
- Anton Früh
- Peter Vajkoczy
Institutions
- Berlin Institute of Health at Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin (DE)
- Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Neurosurgery Spine
- Published
- 2026-01-02
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3171/2025.8.spine25796
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Spinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 39.15