Abstract

Utilization of navigation improves pedicle screw accuracy in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS). Our center switched from intraoperative CT (ICT) to an optical navigation system that utilizes pre-operative CT (PCT). We aim to evaluate the radiation dose and operative time for low-dose ICT compared to standard and low-dose PCT used for optical navigation in AIS patients undergoing posterior spinal fusion. A single-center matched-control cohort study of 38 patients was conducted. Nineteen patients underwent ICT navigation (O-arm) and were matched by sex, age, and weight to 19 patients who underwent PCT for use with an optical-guided navigation (7D, Seaspine). A total of 418 levels were instrumented and reviewed. PCT was either a standard dose (N = 7) or a low dose (N = 12). The mean volume CT dose index, dose-length product, overall effective dose (ED), ED per level instrumented, and operative time per level were compared. ED per level instrumented was 0.061 ± 0.029mSv in low-dose PCT and 0.14 ± 0.05mSv in low-dose ICT (p < 0.0001). ED per level instrumented was significantly higher in standard PCT (1.46 ± 0.39 vs. 0.14 ± 0.03mSv; p < 0.0001). Mean operative time per level was 31 ± 7min for ICT and 33 ± 3min for PCT (p = 0.628). Low-dose PCT resulted in 0.70mSv exposure per case and 31min per level, standard-dose was 16.95mSv, while ICT resulted in 1.34-1.62mSv and a similar operative time. Use of a standard-dose PCT involves radiation exposure about 9 times higher than ICT and 23 times higher than low-dose PCT per level instrumented. Level III.

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