Minimal Invasive Piezoelectric Osteotomy in Neurosurgery: Technic, Applications, and Clinical Outcomes of a Retrospective Case Series
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
3. Results
3.1. Illustrative Cases
3.1.1. Case N° 1
3.1.2. Case N° 2
3.1.3. Case N° 3
3.1.4. Case N° 4
3.1.5. Case N° 5
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Site | Patient | Total | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dogs (N° 292) | Cats (N° 32) | ||||||
Field of Pathology | |||||||
Traumatic | Degenerative | Neoplastic | Traumatic | ||||
Site | Skull | 0 | 0 | 4 (extra-axial) | 0 | 4 | |
Spine | Cervical | 0 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 12 | |
Thoracic | 24 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 40 | ||
Thoracolumbar | 37 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 73 | ||
Lumbar | 14 | 62 | 2 | 0 | 78 | ||
Lumbosacral | 74 | 34 | 1 | 8 | 117 | ||
Surgeries (N°) | 149 | 125 | 18 | 32 | 324 | ||
Average blood loss (mL) | 52 | 47 | 56 | 25 | 180 | ||
Complications (N°) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
Size | Dogs (N°) | Weight (lbs) | Blood Loss (mL) | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Average | Sd | Average | Sd | ANOVA | ||
Large (≥50 lbs) | 97 | 104.3 | 34.3 | 51.0 | 17.7 | 0.32 |
Medium (21–50 lbs) | 121 | 35.2 | 8.9 | 53.3 | 16.8 | |
Small (1–20 lbs) | 74 | 10.4 | 6.1 | 49.8 | 16.4 |
Breed | Cats (N°) | Weight (lbs) | Blood Loss (mL) | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Average | Sd | Average | Sd | ANOVA | ||
Large (≥14 lbs) | 9 | 15.3 | 1.1 | 25 | 6.3 | 0.61 |
Medium (9–13 lbs) | 19 | 11.5 | 1.2 | 26.4 | 6.4 | |
Small (1–8 lbs) | 4 | 6.5 | 1.9 | 6.5 | 1.9 |
Site | Duration of Surgery (Average min) | |
---|---|---|
Dogs | Cats | |
Skull | 72 | 67 |
Cranial Cervical Spine | 60 | 56 |
Caudal Cervical Spine | 48 | 43 |
Thoracic | 20 | 16 |
Thoracolumbar | 22 | 17 |
Lumbosacral | 17 | 14 |
Lumbar | 26 | 23 |
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Crovace, A.M.; Luzzi, S.; Lacitignola, L.; Fatone, G.; Giotta Lucifero, A.; Vercellotti, T.; Crovace, A. Minimal Invasive Piezoelectric Osteotomy in Neurosurgery: Technic, Applications, and Clinical Outcomes of a Retrospective Case Series. Vet. Sci. 2020, 7, 68. https://doi.org/10.3390/vetsci7020068
Crovace AM, Luzzi S, Lacitignola L, Fatone G, Giotta Lucifero A, Vercellotti T, Crovace A. Minimal Invasive Piezoelectric Osteotomy in Neurosurgery: Technic, Applications, and Clinical Outcomes of a Retrospective Case Series. Veterinary Sciences. 2020; 7(2):68. https://doi.org/10.3390/vetsci7020068
Chicago/Turabian StyleCrovace, Alberto Maria, Sabino Luzzi, Luca Lacitignola, Gerardo Fatone, Alice Giotta Lucifero, Tomaso Vercellotti, and Antonio Crovace. 2020. "Minimal Invasive Piezoelectric Osteotomy in Neurosurgery: Technic, Applications, and Clinical Outcomes of a Retrospective Case Series" Veterinary Sciences 7, no. 2: 68. https://doi.org/10.3390/vetsci7020068