Minimally-Invasive Assisted Robotic Spine Surgery (MARSS)

Ramiro A Pérez de la Torre; Siddharth Ramanathan; Ashley L Williams; Mick J Perez-Cruet

doi:10.3389/fsurg.2022.884247

Minimally-Invasive Assisted Robotic Spine Surgery (MARSS)

Front Surg. 2022 Jun 6:9:884247. doi: 10.3389/fsurg.2022.884247. eCollection 2022.

Authors

Ramiro A Pérez de la Torre¹, Siddharth Ramanathan², Ashley L Williams², Mick J Perez-Cruet^{2

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Affiliations

¹ Michigan Head and Spine Institute, Southfield, MI, United States.
² Department of Neurosurgery, Oakland University William Beaumont, School of Medicine, Royal Oak, MI, United States.

Abstract

Minimally-Invasive robotic spine surgery (MARSS) has expanded the surgeons armamentarium to treat a variety of spinal disorders. In the last decade, robotic developments in spine surgery have improved the safety, accuracy and efficacy of instrumentation placement. Additionally, robotic instruments have been applied to remove tumors in difficult locations while maintaining minimally invasive access. Gross movements by the surgeon are translated into fine, precise movements by the robot. This is exemplified in this chapter with the use of the da Vinci robot to remove apical thoracic tumors. In this chapter, we will review the development, technological advancements, and cases that have been conducted using MARSS to treat spine pathology in a minimally invasive fashion.

Keywords: da Vinci; mazor X; minimally invasive spine surgery (MISS); minimally-invasive robotic spine surgery (MARSS); robotic; stereotactic transformation.

Publication types

Review