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14-04-2023 | Book Review
Anand Veeravagu and Michael Y. Wang: robotic and navigated spine surgery, surgical techniques and advancements (2023)
256 pp. 98 illustrations, Hardback, Elsevier, Philadelphia, ISBN: 078–0-323–71160-9
Authors:
Adrian Elmi-Terander, Erik Edström
Published in:
Acta Neurochirurgica
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Issue 6/2023
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Excerpt
Navigation in spine surgery, although popular, is still a topic of debate and not uniformly adopted among spine surgeons. Nonetheless, the increasing use of and demand for minimally invasive techniques requires the simultaneous development and application of advanced navigational technologies. Moreover, the use of navigation has paved the way for the introduction of surgical robots. Current surgical robots remain as navigation dependent motorized instrument holders to support and provide accuracy to tasks performed by the surgeon. …