Minimally Invasive Surgery

Minimally invasive surgery (MIS) with Mazor Robotics’ surgical guidance technology offers these advantages:

  • Higher accuracy 1,2,3
  • Lower radiation 2,3
  • Fast learning curve 4

In a large multicenter study of 14 hospitals, Mazor Robotics’ surgical guidance technology enabled highly-accurate MIS with 98% accuracy:
“No permanent neurologic deficit was noted among the 635 cases analyzed with intraoperative fluoroscopy, half of which were performed percutaneously, in which a total of 3271 robotically-guided implants were inserted.” 1

Conventional, freehand MIS presents many challenges. According to the literature, in freehand surgery 10% of pedicle screws are misplaced5 and high levels of radiation are required for intraoperative imaging to assure accuracy. Mazor Robotics’ state-of-the-art technology overcomes these challenges--redefining the standard of care for MIS.

1, Devito, DP, Kaplan, L, Dietl R, et al. Clinical acceptance and accuracy assessment of spinal implants guided with SpineAssist surgical robot: retrospective study. Spine. 2010;35(24):2109-2115.
2. Kantelhardt, SR, Martinez R, Baerwinkel S, Burger R, Giese A, Rohde V. Perioperative course and accuracy of screw positioning in conventional, open robotic-guided and percutaneous robotic-guided, pedicle screw placement. [ePub March 8, 2011]. Eur Spine J. 2011.
3. Schoenmayr R, Kim I-S. Why do I use and recommend the use of navigation? ArgoSpine News & J. 2010;22(4):132-135.
4. Pechlivanis I, Kiriyanthan G, Engelhardt M, et al. Percutaneous placement of pedicle screws in the lumbar spine using a bone mounted miniature robotic system, first experiences and accuracy of screw placement. Spine. 2009;34(4):392–398.
5. Kosmopoulos V, Schizas C. Pedicle screw placement accuracy: a meta-analysis. Spine. 2007;32(3):E111-20.