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. 2017 Nov 5;130(21):2527–2534. doi: 10.4103/0366-6999.217080

Table 1.

Study parameters for conventional freehand or robot-assisted Sacroiliac screw implantation

Items Freehand (n = 22) Robot assisted (n = 23) χ2 P
Age (years), median (Q1, Q3) 43.0 (35.0, 52.0) 36.0 (25.0, 47.0) 0.911 0.340
Sex (male/female), n 8/7 10/5 0.556 0.710
Median planning time (min) Not applicable 7.8
Operation time (min), median (Q1, Q3) 104.0 (60.0, 154.0) 150.0 (75.0, 230.0) 1.990 0.158
Guide wire insertion time (min), median (Q1, Q3) 19.0 (15.5, 45.0) 2.0 (2.0, 2.7) 20.952 <0.001
Number of guide wire attempts, median (Q1, Q3) 7.0 (2.0, 9.0) 1.0 (1.0, 1.0) 15.771 <0.001
Intraoperative radiation exposure (s), median (Q1, Q3) 36.0 (21.5, 48.0) 6.0 (6.0, 9.0) 13.590 <0.001