Robotics

In the past month, Becker's Spine Review has reported on nine hospitals and surgery centers that have installed spine robots:

MedStar Washington Hospital Center in Washington, D.C., has completed more than 50 spine surgeries with the Cirq robotic arm since it installed the device this summer, WTOP reports.

Robotic spine surgery has allowed surgeons to plan where each pedicle screw and interbody cage will be placed preoperatively, and guides them through that plan during surgery. 

Mayo Clinic Health System in Mankato, Minn., has completed its first orthopedic surgery using a robotic arm, according to an Oct. 27 KEYC report.

Polaris Spine & Neurosurgery Center was among the first ASCs to perform robotic spine surgery with the ExcelsiusGPS system, which it acquired in 2018.

Bowling Green, Ky.-based Med Center Health believes it's the first in the state to install the ExcelsiusGPS Spinal Robot, Bowling Green Daily News reports.

Medical City Fort Worth (Texas) began offering robotic spine surgery in October, D Magazine reports.

Neurosurgeon Raymond Walkup, MD, performed Polaris Spine & Neurosurgery's first surgery with the Globus Spine 1.1 Interbody Solutions System on Oct. 8.

St. Mary's Hospital in Waterbury, Conn., recently installed the Navio Surgical System for partial and total knee replacements, the Republican American reports.

Louisville, Ky.-based Norton Orthopedic Institute has used Zimmer Biomet's Rosa Knee System in more than 20 procedures since investing in the technology, Spectrum News 1 reported Oct. 18.