Spine surgery has advanced significantly over the past decade, with minimally invasive surgery and robotic spine surgery drawing increased interest from surgeons.
Robotics
Rome, Ga.-based Floyd Medical Center performed its first robot-assisted surgery, according to a Nov. 5 press release.
Bingham Memorial Hospital in Blackfoot, Idaho, has performed more than 1,000 robotic hip and knee replacements with Stryker's Mako system, ABC affiliate Local News 8 reported Nov. 5.
Flagstaff (Ariz.) Bone & Joint's Amber Randall, MD, has performed more than 1,800 robotic-assisted knee replacements, according to Flagstaff Business News.
In the past month, Becker's Spine Review has reported on nine hospitals and surgery centers that have installed spine robots:
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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.