Robotic-assisted spine surgery: history, efficacy, cost, and future trends

M D'Souza, J Gendreau, A Feng, LH Kim… - Robotic Surgery …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Robot-assisted spine surgery has recently emerged as a viable tool to enable less invasive
and higher precision surgery. The first-ever spine robot, the SpineAssist (Mazor Robotics …

Safety and accuracy of robot-assisted placement of pedicle screws compared to conventional free-hand technique: a systematic review and meta-analysis

N Fatima, E Massaad, M Hadzipasic, GM Shankar… - The Spine Journal, 2021 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND CONTEXT The introduction and integration of robot technology into modern
spine surgery provides surgeons with millimeter accuracy for pedicle screw placement …

The arrival of robotics in spine surgery: a review of the literature

A Ghasem, A Sharma, DN Greif, M Alam, M Al Maaieh - Spine, 2018 - journals.lww.com
Study Design. Systematic review. Objective. The authors aim to review comparative outcome
measures between robotic and free-hand spine surgical procedures including: accuracy of …

Clinical acceptance and accuracy assessment of spinal implants guided with SpineAssist surgical robot: retrospective study

DP Devito, L Kaplan, R Dietl, M Pfeiffer, D Horne… - Spine, 2010 - journals.lww.com
Study Design. Retrospective, multicenter study of robotically-guided spinal implant
insertions. Clinical acceptance of the implants was assessed by intraoperative radiograph …

Frontiers of medical robotics: from concept to systems to clinical translation

J Troccaz, G Dagnino, GZ Yang - Annual review of biomedical …, 2019 - annualreviews.org
Medical robotics is poised to transform all aspects of medicine—from surgical intervention to
targeted therapy, rehabilitation, and hospital automation. A key area is the development of …

Accuracy of robot-assisted placement of lumbar and sacral pedicle screws: a prospective randomized comparison to conventional freehand screw implantation

F Ringel, C Stüer, A Reinke, A Preuss, M Behr, F Auer… - Spine, 2012 - journals.lww.com
Study Design. Single-center prospective randomized controlled study. Objective. To
evaluate the accuracy of robot-assisted (RO) implantation of lumbar/sacral pedicle screws in …

Spinal robotics: current applications and future perspectives

F Roser, M Tatagiba, G Maier - Neurosurgery, 2013 - journals.lww.com
Even though robotic technology holds great potential for performing spinal surgery and
advancing neurosurgical techniques, it is of utmost importance to establish its practicality …

Robotic spine surgery: past, present, and future

DC Perfetti, S Kisinde, MP Rogers-LaVanne, AM Satin… - Spine, 2022 - journals.lww.com
Study Design. Systematic review. Objective. The aim of this review is to present an overview
of robotic spine surgery (RSS) including its history, applications, limitations, and future …

Automatic spine segmentation from CT images using convolutional neural network via redundant generation of class labels

M Vania, D Mureja, D Lee - Journal of Computational Design …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
There has been a significant increase from 2010 to 2016 in the number of people suffering
from spine problems. The automatic image segmentation of the spine obtained from a …

Percutaneous placement of pedicle screws in the lumbar spine using a bone mounted miniature robotic system: first experiences and accuracy of screw placement

I Pechlivanis, G Kiriyanthan, M Engelhardt, M Scholz… - Spine, 2009 - journals.lww.com
Study Design. A prospective analysis. Objective. The idea of this study was to evaluate a
new miniature robotic system providing passive guidance for pedicle screw placement at the …