Learning Curve for Robot-Assisted Percutaneous Pedicle Screw Placement in Thoracolumbar Surgery.

Conclusions: We found that robot-assisted screw placement had high accuracy, low placement time, low fluoroscopy time, and a low complication rate. However, there were no significant differences in these parameters at the initial experience and the practiced, experience placement (after approximately 1 year), indicating that robot-assisted pedicle screw placement has a very short (almost no) learning curve. PMID: 31281174 [PubMed]

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Source: Asian Spine Journal - July 10, 2019 Category: Orthopaedics Tags: Asian Spine J Source Type: research