HCA Florida Kendall Hospital performs its first robotic TLIF

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Neurosurgeon Michael Fromke, MD, led Miami-based HCA Florida Kendall Hospital’s first robot-assisted transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion.

The surgery was done at the L4 to L5 level with the hospital’s newly added robot for spinal and cranial procedures, according to an Aug. 4 news release published in South Florida Hospital News.

Dr, Fromke joined the hospital in July.

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