ReviewAnnals of translational medicine2024
Scoping review of robotics technology in spinal surgery with highlights of the Annual Seattle Science Foundation Course.
Review in Annals of translational medicine, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.
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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
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Who cites it
3 citing papers in PubMed.
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- Wearable Devices in Scoliosis Treatment: A Scoping Review of Innovations and Challenges.Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Current Trends and Future Directions in Lumbar Spine Surgery: A Review of Emerging Techniques and Evolving Management Paradigms.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Review
Corrections and comments
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Authors and funding
7 authors.
Funding
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Abstract
Background: Robotic assistance has become increasingly prevalent in spinal surgery in recent years, emerging as a tool to increase accuracy and precision and lower complication rates and radiation exposure. The 7 Methods: A scoping review of the literature was conducted (last search conducted in July 2024). Key search terms included "robotic assistance", "spine surgery", and "robotic technology" on the PubMed database. Additionally, highlights are included from the 7 Results: Applications of navigation robotics span subspecialties of spine surgery including deformity correction, minimally invasive approaches, lateral single position operations, spinal oncology, and cervical fusion. Tips on overcoming traditional obstacles of robotics integration such as streamlining staff workflow and adoption while financing robotic-assisted technology are shared. Future directions of robotics enhanced with AR may further guide surgeon decision-making, assist in more practical fashion intraoperatively, and optimize patient outcomes. Conclusions: While improved precision and accuracy, less radiation, and standardization of procedures represent current advantages of robotic-assistance across spine surgery, robotics in spine surgery will usher more transformative changes to patient care and operative skill in coming years.
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