Michael Gallizzi, MD, of The Steadman Clinic in Vail, Colo., reached two career milestones in spine surgery.
He completed his 600th endoscopic spine surgery in April and his 400th robotic spine case on May 6, he told Becker’s.
One of his recent landmark cases was a pars fracture surgery for an adolescent patient using Globus Medical’s robotic technology and Arthrex’s endoscopic spine tools, he said. Dr. Gallizzi said the case is one of the ways the Steadman Clinic has expanded its robotic spine capabilities.
“That’s really been a game changer, moving [pars fracture repair] to an outpatient procedure,” he said. “We can fix them with headless compression screws and use the scope over top to help debride the fracture site, and through six small poke holes we’re able to create that repair.”
