RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Spine Image Guidance and Robotics: Exposure, Education, Training, and the Learning Curve
JF International Journal of Spine Surgery
JO Int J Spine Surg
FD International Society for the Advancement of Spine Surgery
SP S28
OP S37
DO 10.14444/8138
VO 15
IS s2
A1 Judy, Brendan F.
A1 Pennington, Zachary
A1 Botros, David
A1 Tsehay, Yohannes
A1 Kopparapu, Srujan
A1 Liu, Ann
A1 Theodore, Nicholas
A1 Zakaria, Hesham M.
YR 2021
UL https://www.ijssurgery.com/content/15/s2/S28.abstract
AB The use of intraoperative robotics and imaging for spine surgery has been shown to be safe, efficacious, and beneficial to patients, offering accurate placement of instrumentation, decreased operative time and blood loss, and improved postoperative outcomes. Despite these proven benefits, it has yet to be uniformly adopted. One of the major barriers for universal adoption of intraoperative robotics is the learning curve for this complex technology, in conjunction with a lack of formalized training. These same obstacles for universal adoption were faced in the introduction of surgical technology in other disciplines, and the use of this technology has become the standard of care in some of those specialties. Part of the success and widespread implementation of prior novel technology was the introduction of formalized training systems, which are currently lacking in advanced spine surgical technology. Therefore, the future success of intraoperative robotics and imaging for spine surgery depends on the creation of a formalized training system. We detail the best techniques for surgical pedagogy, as well as propose a comprehensive curriculum.