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. 2018 Mar 12;59(4):814–824. doi: 10.1111/epi.14034

Table 2.

Summary of qualitative safety metrics for manual and CAP‐generated trajectories

Manual trajectory (mean ± SD) CAP trajectory (mean ± SD) P value
Length (mm) 90 ± 12 82 ± 6 .007a
Drilling angle (deg) 31.1 ± 7.8 32.3 ± 8.5 .47
Proportion of trajectory within center of AHC 0.50 ± 0.40 0.55 ± 0.20 .66
Overall risk 2.02 ± 0.64 0.96 ± 0.20 <.001a

Comparison of safety metrics between manual and CAP‐planned trajectories revealed a significantly shorter intracranial length (P = .007) and reduced overall risk score (P < .001) with CAP trajectories. There was no significant difference between the drilling angle to the skull or the proportion of the trajectory within the center of the AHC.

a

Denotes statistical significance with P < .05.