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. 2014 Dec 12;5(2):93–101. doi: 10.1055/s-0034-1396430

Table 4. Number of screws of each instrumented vertebra and distribution on grades.

Position Grade 0 Grade 1 Grade 2 Total
Conventional 3D navigated Conventional 3D navigated Conventional 3D navigated
Spinal level Vertebra n % n % n % n % n % n % Conventional (n) 3D navigated (n)
Cervical 1/2 0 0 9 90 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10 0 10
3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 2 100 2 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2
5 4 100 4 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4
6 0 0 4 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
7 4 100 6 75 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 25 4 8
Subtotal (n) 10 100 16 89 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 11 10 18
Thoracic 1 2 100 14 88 0 0 1 6 0 0 1 6 2 16
2 3 75 15 68 0 0 2 9 1 25 5 23 4 22
3 5 71 32 68 0 0 8 17 2 29 7 15 7 47
4 6 75 23 59 0 0 9 23 2 25 7 18 8 39
5 10 83 50 69 1 8 11 15 1 8 11 15 12 72
6 13 72 41 68 2 11 10 17 3 17 9 15 18 60
7 15 83 48 65 3 17 11 15 0 0 15 20 18 74
8 27 75 36 72 5 14 8 16 4 11 6 12 36 50
9 26 76 42 75 7 21 8 14 1 3 6 11 34 56
10 32 82 33 79 2 5 7 17 5 13 2 5 39 42
11 83 73 60 83 19 17 8 11 11 10 4 6 113 72
12 155 89 76 84 16 9 6 7 4 2 8 9 175 90
Subtotal (n) 377 81 470 73 55 12 89 14 34 7 81 13 466 640
Lumbar 1 145 88 67 88 13 8 5 7 6 4 4 5 164 76
2 183 94 76 86 9 5 11 13 3 2 1 1 195 88
3 91 89 39 93 6 6 2 5 5 5 1 2 102 42
4 67 91 23 96 5 7 0 0 2 3 1 4 74 24
5 29 73 21 88 5 13 3 13 6 15 0 0 40 24
Subtotal (n) 515 90 226 89 38 7 21 8 22 4 7 3 575 254
Sacral 1 16 89 12 100 0 0 0 0 2 11 0 0 18 12
Total (n) 918 86 724 78 93 9 110 12 58 5 90 10 1,069 934

Abbreviation: 3D, three-dimensionally.

Note: % = percent of all screws of the respective vertebra of each method.