Seminars in Spine Surgery
Volume 20, Issue 3 , Pages 186-194 , September 2008

Overview of Computer-Assisted Image-Guided Surgery of the Spine

  • Alpesh A. Patel, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Alpesh A. Patel, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Utah School of Medicine, 590 Wakara Way, Salt Lake City, UT 84108
    • ,
  • Peter G. Whang, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Rehabilitation, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
    • ,
  • Alexander R. Vaccaro, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Orthopaedic Surgery and Neurological Surgery, Thomas Jefferson University and The Rothman Institute, Philadelphia, PA

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doi: 10.1053/j.semss.2008.06.005

Seminars in Spine Surgery
Volume 20, Issue 3 , Pages 186-194 , September 2008

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