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Radiographic guidance—typically via fluoroscopy—is commonly employed in spine procedures including lateral lumbar interbody fusions (LLIFs), for the purpose of localization and instrumentation placement. Computer-assisted stereotactic navigation (CaSN) has been shown to be an effective alternative to fluoroscopic guidance for pedicle screw placement. This chapter presents the techniques involved in applying spinal navigation to LLIF, including patient positioning, image acquisition/registration, and surgical approach for accurate interbody cage placement.

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  1. Department of Neurosurgery, University of Michigan, 3552 Taubman Center, Box 0338, 1500 East Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI, USA

    Elyne Kahn MD, Kevin S. Chen MD & Paul Park MD

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  1. Elyne Kahn MD
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Correspondence to Paul Park MD .

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  1. University of Miami Neurological Surgery, Miami, Florida, USA

    Michael Y. Wang

  2. Spine Surgery, Weill Cornell Medical Center Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, New York, USA

    Andrew A. Sama

  3. Dept. of Neurosurgery, University of South Florida Tampa General Hospital, Tampa, Florida, USA

    Juan S. Uribe

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Kahn, E., Chen, K.S., Park, P. (2017). Frameless Navigation. In: Wang, M., Sama, A., Uribe, J. (eds) Lateral Access Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-28320-3_11

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