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. 2008 Oct 1;17(12):1686–1696. doi: 10.1007/s00586-008-0795-6

Table 3.

Total inserted, displaced and within-safe margin screws at each level

Level Medially displaced screws Laterally displaced screws Anteriorly displaced screws Med + Lat displaced Total inserted Accuracy % Within- safe zone Safety (%)
<2 mm 2.1–4.0 mm 4.1–6.0 mm >6 mm <2 mm 2.1–4.0 mm 4.1–6.0 mm >6 mm <2 mm 2.1–4.0 mm 4.1–6.0 mm >6 mm
T1 1 1 1 2 2
T2 1 1 6 7 6 1 15 43 42
T3 1 1 8 1 1 1 13 47 46
T4 7 3 6 5 4 21 58 55
A 10 4 1 20 13 11 2 1 49 150 67.3 145 96.6
T5 7 7 1 7 5 1 5 28 63 54
T6 8 3 5 1 5 1 22 62 54
T7 3 2 6 4 5 1 20 67 60
T8 8 1 7 4 3 3 1 23 69 65
B 26 13 1 25 14 14 10 1 93 261 64.3 233 89.2
T9 8 1 1 3 3 2 16 68 64
T10 8 2 4 4 2 2 1 18 72 68
T11 9 1 4 5 1 1 1 20 68 66
T12 4 2 1 1 1 8 5 4 3 22 70 61
C 27 6 1 1 10 20 11 9 5 76 278 72.6 259 93.1
Thoracic 63 23 3 1 55 47 25 30 7 2 217 689 68.5 637 92.4
L1 1 1 1 8 1 3 2 1 12 67 65
L2 2 4 3 2 1 4 1 12 67 64
L3 6 2 5 1 3 3 1 17 69 64
L4 2 1 2 2 2 4 1 9 70 67
L5 1 1 2 2 4 3 6 47 45
Lumbar 12 4 2 13 16 7 2 18 5 3 1 56 320 82.5 305 95.3
Total 75 27 5 1 68 63 32 2 48 12 5 1 273 1009 72.9 942 93.3

A = T1 + T2 + T3 + T4; B = T5 + T6 + T7 + T8; C = T9 + T10 + T11 + T12