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Advances in Medicine
Volume 2016 (2016), Article ID 4296294, 7 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/4296294
Research Article

Control of Pedicle Screw Placement with an Electrical Conductivity Measurement Device: Initial Evaluation in the Thoracic and Lumbar Spine

Olaf Suess1,2 and Markus Schomacher2,3

1DRK Kliniken Berlin Westend, Zentrum für Wirbelsäulenchirurgie und Neurotraumatologie, Berlin, Germany
2Department of Neurosurgery, Charité University Hospital, Berlin, Germany
3Vivantes Klinikum am Friedrichshain, Neurochirurgische Klinik, Berlin, Germany

Received 7 April 2016; Accepted 16 August 2016

Academic Editor: Hassan Serhan

Copyright © 2016 Olaf Suess and Markus Schomacher. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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