Here are five key notes:
1. Dr. Raabe is familiar with the technology — he has used it more than 100 times.
2. The technology allows surgeons to preplan the patient’s procedure with the patients’ own anatomy for increased accuracy.
3. There are less than 100 hospitals in the Untied States currently offering the robotic technology.
4. Michael Merrick, MD, the newest spine surgeon at Azalea Orthopedics, will also use the robotic technology in his practice.
5. The Mazor Renaissance Robotics system also has software for minimally invasive robotic-guided brain surgery.
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