Object Over the past 15 years, vertebroplasty has emerged as a treatment for vertebral
compression fractures. This technique, however, does not restore vertebral height and is …

Over 700,000 osteoporotic compression fractures occur each year in the United States, twice
the number of hip fractures. These vertebral fractures, most of which occur in the elderly, …

Study Design. Retrospective review of prospective database. Objectives. Define the incidence
of adjacent and remote fractures after kyphoplasty vertebral augmentation, and identify …

As many as 70% of patients with cancer and multiple myeloma initially present with osteolytic
involvement of the spine. These vertebral fractures are associated with significant morbidity …

Introduction Surgeons’ interest in image and/or robotic guidance for spinal implant placement
is increasing. This technology is continually improving and may be particularly useful in …

OBJECTIVE: To introduce a new miniature robot (SpineAssist; MAZOR Surgical Technologies,
Caesarea, Israel) that has been developed and tested as a surgical assistant for accurate …

Background Some early studies with robotic-assisted pedicle screw implantation have
suggested these systems increase accuracy of screw placement. However, the relationship …

There have been several improvements to the US tissue banking industry over the past decade.
Tissue banks had limited active government regulation until 1993, at which time the US …

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the accuracy of a novel bone-mounted miniature robotic system
for percutaneous placement of pedicle and translaminar facet screws. METHODS: Thirty-five …

Background and purpose — Outcome measurement has been shown to improve performance
in several fields of healthcare. This understanding has driven a growing interest in value-…