Published Research

Robotic-assisted spinal surgery: current generation instrumentation and new applications

Elswick et al. Neurosurg Clin N Am 31(1):103-110, 2020.

Robotics in spine surgery: a technical overview and review of key concepts

Farber et al. Front Surg 8:578674, 2021.

A quantitative assessment of the accuracy and reliability of robotically guided percutaneous pedicle screw placement: technique and application accuracy

Godzik, et al. Oper Neurosurg (Hagerstown) 17(4):389–395, 2019.

Robotic‑assisted navigated minimally invasive pedicle screw placement in the first 100 cases at a single institution

Huntsman et al. J Robot Surg 14(1):199-203, 2020.

Navigated robot-guided pedicle screws placed successfully in single-position lateral lumbar interbody fusion

Huntsman et al. J Robot Surg 14(4):643-647, 2020.

Initial single-institution experience with a novel robotic-navigation system for thoracolumbar pedicle screw and pelvic screw placement with 643 screws

Jain et al. International Journal of Spine Surgery, 13(5):459-463, 2019.

Pedicle screw accuracy assessment in ExcelsiusGPS® robotic spine surgery: evaluation of deviation from pre-planned trajectory

Jiang et al. Chinese Neurosurgical J 4(23), 2018.

New spinal robotic technologies

Jiang et al. Front Med 13(6):723-729, 2019.

Robot-assisted versus freehand instrumentation in short-segment lumbar fusion: experience with real-time image-guided spinal robot

Jiang et al. World Neurosurg 136:E635–E645, 2020.

Three-dimensional assessment of robot-assisted pedicle screw placement accuracy and instrumentation reliability based on a preplanned trajectory

Jiang et al. J Neurosurg Spine May 29 [Epub ahead of print], 2020.

Robotic-assisted spine surgery allows for increased pedicle screw sizes while still improving safety as indicated by elevated
triggered electromyographic thresholds

Kanaly et al. J Robotic Surg November 30 [Epub ahead of print], 2022.

A retrospective analysis of pedicle screw placement accuracy using the ExcelsiusGPS robotic guidance system: case series

Kanaly et al. Oper Neurosurg (Hagertown) November 28 [Epub ahead of print], 2022.