Robotic Spine Surgery

Robotic Guidance for minimally invasive spine surgery is designed to improve the accuracy of screw placement and optimize your care by using robotics and navigation. Much like a GPS in your car, the surgeon plans the route to place your screw implants and the navigation aligns your surgeon along that pathway.

On the day of surgery, your CT scans and X-ray images are taken and imported into the robotic arm. The surgeon uses these images to determine the size and placement of implants and creates a patient plan based on your anatomy. This is used to guide the rigid robotic arm to a specific region of your spine, similar to a planned route or pathway on a GPS. The surgeon uses this pathway or route to accurately place the implants using instruments.

Throughout the procedure, the surgical instruments and implants are continuously displayed on the screen for the surgeon and staff to monitor. This display allows the surgeon to view live feedback during your procedure for more precise implant placement.

A minimally invasive procedure typically allows patients to get out of bed the day of the surgery and may be discharged the day after surgery.

Many patients will notice improvement of some or all of their symptoms and pain from surgery may diminish between 2 to 4 weeks after surgery. However, recovery time varies among patients.

It is the surgeon’s goal for the patient to eventually return to his/her pre-operative activities. A positive attitude, reasonable expectations and compliance with your doctor’s post-surgery instruction may all contribute to a satisfactory outcome.

• More accurate placement of implants and screws
• Smaller incisions which could lead to less scarring
• Faster recovery times
• Less radiation exposure