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European Spine Journal
Published in: European Spine Journal 4/2018

01-04-2018 | Author's Reply

Answer to the Letter to the Editor of Qi Sun et al. concerning “Robot-assisted and conventional freehand pedicle screw placement: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials” by Gao ST, et al. (Eur Spine J; 2017: DOI 10.1007/s00586-017-5333-y)

Authors: Shutao Gao, Zhengtao Lv, Huang Fang

Published in: European Spine Journal | Issue 4/2018

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With great interest we read the Letter to the Editor regarding our recently published article [1]. The authors raised some technical issues about the statistical methods applied in our study. We are pleased that the authors found our study interesting and useful, we are also very happy to respond to their comments and questions listed below. …
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Kim HJ, Jung WI, Chang BS, Lee CK, Kang KT, Yeom JS (2016) A prospective, randomized, controlled trial of robot-assisted vs freehand pedicle screw fixation in spine surgery. Int J Med Robot Comput Assist Surg. https://​doi.​org/​10.​1002/​rcs.​1779
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Title
Answer to the Letter to the Editor of Qi Sun et al. concerning “Robot-assisted and conventional freehand pedicle screw placement: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials” by Gao ST, et al. (Eur Spine J; 2017: DOI 10.1007/s00586-017-5333-y)
Authors
Shutao Gao
Zhengtao Lv
Huang Fang
Publication date
01-04-2018
Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in
European Spine Journal / Issue 4/2018
Print ISSN: 0940-6719
Electronic ISSN: 1432-0932
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00586-018-5493-4

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