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To reduce radiation exposure, we introduced the use of electronic conductivity device (ECD). These are drilling probes send an audio signal when cortical bone is breached. Thus, anterior, bicortical screws can be placed without multiple fluoroscopic controls. ECD has been used for all VBT procedures at our institution starting April 2020. The aim of this study was to test the safety of ECD and its efficacy in radiation reduction in comparison with the current standard, the fluoroscopic guidance.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Materials and methods<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>All patients who underwent VBT between August 2019 and December 2020 were retrospectively reviewed and divided into two groups according to whether ECD had been used or not. The radiation exposure per procedure and per screw was compared among the two groups, overall and separately for thoracic, lumbar and bilateral procedures. The rate of misplaced screws was calculated.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>Data from 62 patients and 825 screws were obtained (397 with ECD). No screw misplacement was observed. Radiation reduction with ECD reached up to 41%. A significant reduction was observed in the radiation per procedure in bilateral instrumentation (from 9.16 to 5.52\u00a0mGy*m<jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>), and in the analysis per screw overall (from 9.16 to 5.52\u00a0mGy*m<jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>) and for lumbar curves (from 0.54 to 0.32\u00a0mGy*m<jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>).<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>ECD can safely and effectively reduce the radiation exposure for VBT procedures.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1007\/s00586-022-07489-0","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,12,15]],"date-time":"2022-12-15T11:04:03Z","timestamp":1671102243000},"page":"634-638","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":5,"title":["The use of electronic conductivity devices can effectively reduce radiation exposure in vertebral body tethering"],"prefix":"10.1007","volume":"32","author":[{"given":"Stephanie","family":"Da Paz","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Per","family":"Trobisch","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-4383-3470","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Alice","family":"Baroncini","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"297","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,12,15]]},"reference":[{"issue":"10","key":"7489_CR1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"3366","DOI":"10.1007\/s00586-016-4747-2","volume":"25","author":"A Simony","year":"2016","unstructured":"Simony A, Hansen EJ, Christensen SB, Carreon LY, Andersen MO (2016) Incidence of cancer in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis patients treated 25 years previously. 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