Abstract
ObjectiveTo evaluate the efficiency of the ball tip technique for S2AI screw placement and introduce this technique.MethodsSixty‐three patients who underwent pelvic fixation with S2AI screws were retrospectively reviewed. They were 29 males and 34 females with an average age of 59.6 ± 12.5 years. Among these patients, 35 patients (14 males and 21 females with an average age of 58.8 ± 11.3 years) received ball tip technique and 28 patients (15 males and 13 females with an average age of 63.7 ± 12.6 years) received conventional freehand technique. Ball tip technique was used in ball tip technique group. After a pedicle probe just penetrated the sacroiliac joint, a ball‐tipped probe consisting of a ball shaped metal tip with a flexible shaft was malleted to make a guide track within ilium. This ball‐tipped probe could bend automatically away from the cortex and forward through the cancellous bone when the tip met the cortical lamina of ilium, which can avoid penetration. After repeating the procedures, a guide hole was gradually formed. S2AI screw was inserted along the guide hole after tapping. In the conventional freehand group, S2AI screw was placed according to the conventional method. Postoperative computed tomography (CT) was used to assess the accuracy of screws. The time cost of screw insertion and screw‐related complications were recorded. Independent t‐test was used to compare the time cost between ball tip group and conventional freehand group. A chi‐square test was used to compare the accuracies of the ball tip group with the conventional group.ResultsThere were 35 patients (70 S2AI screws) in ball tip group and 28 patients (56 S2AI screws) in conventional freehand group. No screw‐related complication occurred in all patients. Time costs were 9.8 ± 4.5 mins in ball tip group and 20.2.0 + 8.6 mins in conventional freehand group, respectively (P < 0.05). Four screws penetrated iliac cortex in the ball tip group vs 10 screws in conventional freehand group (5.7% vs 17.9%) (P < 0.05).ConclusionsThe ball tip technique enhances the accuracy of screw placement and has less time cost compared with conventional freehand technique.
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