Patients who had robot-assisted total knee replacements had lower complication rates in the first three months after surgery, researchers at New York City-based Hospital for Special Surgery found.

The benefits of spine robots are widely touted, but some surgeons see the technology in its current format as providing more hype than real clinical advantage.  

Zimmer Biomet has recalled its Rosa One 3.1 brain application because of a software error that could lead to the misplacement of instruments during neurosurgical procedures.

West Boca Medical Center is the first hospital in Boca Raton, Fla., to feature the CORI Surgical System for knee replacement surgery, according to an Oct. 29 report in South Florida Hospital News.

Clyde, N.C.-based Haywood Regional Medical Center now offers robot-assisted knee replacement surgery, according to an Oct. 26 report by The Mountaineer.

Colquitt Regional Medical Center in Moultrie, Ga., added Stryker's Mako robot for total knee replacements.

Medtronic's Mazor X is the first dedicated robot-assisted spine surgery platform launching in Canada, the company announced Oct. 25.

Dover, Del.-based Bayhealth Hospital Kent Campus added the 7D Flash navigation system for spine surgery, CBS affiliate WBOC reported Oct. 13.

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Francisco Ponce, MD, completed the first cranial surgery with Globus Medical's ExcelsiusGPS navigation system, according to a Sept. 27 news release.

Trevor Pickering, MD, of Mississippi Sports Medicine & Orthopaedic Center in Jackson, performed the nation's first robotic hip replacement surgery with Zimmer Biomet's Rosa system, according to a Sept. 23 LinkedIn post.

The global market for computer-assisted orthopedic surgery will grow at a steady rate of 5.5 percent over the next decade, according to a survey by market research firm Fact.MR.

Cleveland-based St. Vincent Charity Medical Center performed the first case in Ohio using Think Surgical's second-generation TSolution One robot for total knee replacements.

SpineGuard's radiation-free Dynamic Surgical Guidance sensing technology was 100 percent effective in its robotic application, according to a Sept. 7 news release.

A rising number of hospitals and spine surgeons are implementing robotics and computer-navigated spine surgery, which aims to improve precision, accuracy and predictability.

Becker's Spine Review reported on five centers that added surgical robots in August.

Stefan Kreuzer, MD, orthopedic surgeon and founder of INOV8 Orthopedics in Houston, performed the first surgery with Think Surgical's second-generation TSolution One for knee replacements.

Norton Healthcare has completed almost 350 spinal fusion surgeries using Medtronic's Mazor X robotic-assisted technology, with one surgeon saying the tech has the potential to "revolutionize the future," according to an Aug. 23 news release by the health system.

Surgical robots continue to make noise in the spine industry and are expected to pick up steam in the coming years as more devicemakers launch systems to compete with the Medtronic, Globus Medical and Zimmer Biomet systems that control most of the market.

Alomere Health's 1,000th robotic-assisted joint replacement with the Mako system was performed by Eric Nelson, MD, in July, according to local news outlet Voiceofalexandra.com.