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ArticleInternational journal of spine surgery2021

Spine Image Guidance and Robotics: Exposure, Education, Training, and the Learning Curve.

Brendan F Judy, Zachary Pennington, David Botros, Yohannes Tsehay, Srujan Kopparapu, Ann Liu, Nicholas Theodore, Hesham M Zakaria

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Article in International journal of spine surgery, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Enabling Technologies for Pedicle Screw Placement in Pediatric Spine Surgery.Journal of the Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

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8 authors.

Brendan F JudyDepartment of Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland.
Zachary PenningtonDepartment of Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland.
David BotrosDepartment of Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland.
Yohannes TsehayDepartment of Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland.
Srujan KopparapuDepartment of Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland.
Ann LiuDepartment of Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland.
Nicholas TheodoreDepartment of Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland.
Hesham M ZakariaDepartment of Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The use of intraoperative robotics and imaging for spine surgery has been shown to be safe, efficacious, and beneficial to patients, offering accurate placement of instrumentation, decreased operative time and blood loss, and improved postoperative outcomes. Despite these proven benefits, it has yet to be uniformly adopted. One of the major barriers for universal adoption of intraoperative robotics is the learning curve for this complex technology, in conjunction with a lack of formalized training. These same obstacles for universal adoption were faced in the introduction of surgical technology in other disciplines, and the use of this technology has become the standard of care in some of those specialties. Part of the success and widespread implementation of prior novel technology was the introduction of formalized training systems, which are currently lacking in advanced spine surgical technology. Therefore, the future success of intraoperative robotics and imaging for spine surgery depends on the creation of a formalized training system. We detail the best techniques for surgical pedagogy, as well as propose a comprehensive curriculum.

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navigationrobotic surgeryspine surgery

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PMID34675029
PMCPMC8532537

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