Robotic assistance in lumbar fusion surgery: trends and patterns from 2016–2019

Purpose Robotic-assisted spine surgery is an emerging field that is growing in utilization. Intraoperative robotic surgical units cost upwards of $600,000 for medical facilities to purchase. Despite significant cost barriers, these devices are highly marketable for hospitals and physicians. Methods...

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Published in:European spine journal 2023-06, Vol.32 (6), p.1966-1972
Main Authors: Pando, Alejandro, Hanna, Gabriel, Goldstein, Ira
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Back surgery
Bone surgery
Humans
Lumbar Vertebrae - surgery
Lumbosacral Region - surgery
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Neurosurgery
Original Article
Patients
Retrospective Studies
Robotic surgery
Robotic Surgical Procedures - methods
Robotics
Spinal Fusion - methods
Spine (lumbar)
Spondylolisthesis
Spondylolisthesis - epidemiology
Spondylolisthesis - surgery
Surgical Orthopedics
Treatment Outcome
Trends
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Summary:Purpose Robotic-assisted spine surgery is an emerging field that is growing in utilization. Intraoperative robotic surgical units cost upwards of $600,000 for medical facilities to purchase. Despite significant cost barriers, these devices are highly marketable for hospitals and physicians. Methods The Nationwide Inpatient Sample database from 2016 to 2019 was reviewed. Inclusion criteria were patients over 18 years of age who underwent elective lumbar spinal fusion. Trends of robotic-assisted lumbar fusion were examined over time, as well as stratified based on patient and surgical characteristics. Results A total of 176,377 patients met the inclusion criteria. The overall rate of robotic-assisted lumbar fusion was 1.2% (2,131/174,246). Patients with private insurance were more likely to receive robotic-assisted lumbar fusion (40.3% vs. 37.5%; p  
ISSN:0940-6719
1432-0932
DOI:10.1007/s00586-023-07663-y