title: Percutaneous iliosacral screw fixation in unstable pelvic ring lesions: the interest of O-ARM CT-guided navigation.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The reference surgical treatment for unstable posterior pelvic fracture is percutaneous iliosacral screw fixation, isolated or in association with other techniques. As there is a risk of passage outside the bone when performing screw fixation under fluoroscopy, new image-guidance techniques have been developed: fluoronavigation, peroperative 3D navigation, CT-linked navigation, etc. Since September 2011, our department has performed iliosacral screw fixation under CT control linked to navigation so as to optimize screw positioning. This innovative technology has been used in neurosurgery in our center since 2007, for disc implants, spinal fracture, vertebral arthrodesis and intracerebral localization.
  
  
  METHODS
  Six patients were treated by iliosacral screw fixation for posterior pelvic ring fracture lesion. The O-ARM (Medtronic(®)) computer-assisted surgical navigation system was used, combining surgical navigation and peroperative 3D imaging. This kind of osteosynthesis is suitable for non-displaced or prereduced fracture. A radiation dose report is drawn up at end of surgery.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Postoperative course does not differ from other percutaneous osteosynthesis techniques, combing the advantages of a percutaneous approach (reduced infection and blood-loss rates, etc.) while optimizing iliosacral screw positioning. To date, no radiation overexposure has been found.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The precision and safety of iliosacral screw fixation are now unequalled, meeting the basic computer-assisted surgery principles of reduced morbidity without overexposure to ionizing radiation. Indications for computer-assisted surgery should therefore be extended to iliosacral pathologies (arthritic, tumoral and inflammatory), non-displaced acetabular fracture, etc.
authors: Dupuytren University Hospital, Orthopedic-Traumatology Department, 2 Avenue Martin-Luther-King, Limoges cedex, France.
authors: C
authors: C
authors: Coste
authors: Y
authors: Y
authors: Asloum
authors: P S
authors: PS
authors: Marcheix
authors: P
authors: P
authors: Dijoux
authors: J L
authors: JL
authors: Charissoux
authors: C
authors: C
authors: Mabit
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001863:Bone Screws; D015331:Cohort Studies; D005260:Female; D005593:Fracture Fixation, Internal / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010384:Pelvic Bones / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery; D012447:Sacrum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D025321:Surgery, Computer-Assisted; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome