A unique how-to guide for spine surgeons on state-of-the-art computer-assisted navigation and robotic surgery techniques

Part I Introduction to Navigation and Robotics1 Principles of Navigated Pedicle Screw Placement
2 Three-Dimensional Computer Assisted Navigation Platforms
3 Intraoperative Ultrasound in Spine Surgery: A Versatile and Useful Adjunct
4 Magnetic Resonance Imaging-Based Navigation
5 Shared Control Robotics
6 Telesurgical Robots
7 Surpervisory-Controlled Robotics
8 Radiation Exposure and Navigated Spinal Surgery
Part II Techniques for Navigation-Assisted Spine Surgery
9 Outcomes in Navigated Spinal Surgery
10 Navigated Subaxial Cervical Spine Pedicle Screw Instrumentation
11 Navigated Anterior Transoral Surgery for C1 and C2 Pathologies
12 Navigated Posterior Correction of Pediatric Scoliosis
13 Navigated Posterior Instrumentation of the Arthrodesed Spine
14 Navigated Minimally Invasive Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion
15 Robotic Instrumentation for Lumbosacral Spondylolisthesis
16 The Role of Navigation in the Resection of Primary Spinal Tumor
17 Surgical Management of Thoracolumbar Spinal Metastases Using Navigation
18 Navigated Pelvic Fixation
19 Navigated Sacroiliac Joint Fusion
20 Navigation Balloon Kyphoplasty
Part III Techniques for Robotic-Assisted Spine Surgery
21 Outcomes in Robotic Spinal Surgery
22 Robotic Subaxial Cervical Spine Pedicle Screw Instrumentation
23 Navigated and Robotic Anterior Odontoid Peg Fracture Fixation
24 Navigated and Robotic Posterior Atlantoaxial Fusion
25 Robotic Posterior Thoracic Pedicle Screw Placement
26 Robotic Minimally Invasive Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion
27 Robotic Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion
Part IV Techniques Using Alternative Modalities for Complex Spine Pathology
28 Intraoperative Ultrasound-Guided Intradural Tumor Resection
29 Stereotactic Radiosurgery for Treatment of Primary and Metastatic Spinal Tumors
Part V Easing the Transition to Technological Adoption
30 Operating Room Design and Efficiency
31 Mounting the Learning Curve with New Technologies
Part VI Future Directions
32 Artificial Intelligence
33 What We Can Learn from Other Industries
34 Future Growth in Navigated and Robotic Spinal Surgery