Several hospitals added spine robots to their arsenals so far this year.
Note: This is not an exhaustive list.
1. MemorialCare Long Beach Medical Center became the first hospital in California to add Stryker’s Q Guidance system with Spine Guidance software.
2. Patrick Kim, MD, completed the first robotic case with the ExcelsiusGPS spine robot at Tampa (Fla.) General Hospital.
3. Glendale, Ariz.-based Abrazo Arrowhead added Medtronic’s StealthStation S8 spine navigation system.
4. Neurosurgeons at Cincinnati-based Mayfield Brain & Spine partnered with Good Samaritan Hospital, also in Cincinnati, to offer robotic imaging and navigation for spine surgery patients.
5. Panama City-based HCA Florida Gulf Coast Hospital became the first hospital in the region to add a surgical robotic navigation system for spine surgery.
6. Ascension’s Dell Children’s Medical Center North Campus in Austin, Texas, became the first pediatric hospital in the world to perform spine surgeries with an advanced active robotic-assisted and navigation platform.
7. Nemours Children’s Hospital in Wilmington, Del. added the Velys robot for spine surgery.
8-9. The first cases using Velys Spine were completed at Mayo Clinic Rochester (Minn.) and Medical City Frisco (Texas).
10. Hillsdale (Mich.) Hospital added the Velys spine navigation platform.
