Charlottesville, VA (January 1, 2022). The January issue of Neurosurgical Focus (Vol. 52, No. 1 [https://thejns.org/focus/view/journals/neurosurg-focus-video/52/1/neurosurg-focus.52.issue-1.xml]) presents 15 articles and two editorials on robotics in neurosurgery.
Topic Editors: Nicholas Theodore, Lola Chambless, Roger Hartl, Corinna C. Zygourakis, Bowen Jiang, and Themistocles S. Protopsaltis
As the Topic Editors discuss in their introduction for this issue, “The field of neurosurgery is evolving rapidly, and enabling technologies such as image guidance, robotics, and others will hopefully continue to improve the outcome of our patients. No longer the topic for futuristic fiction, robotics in neurosurgery is here to stay and will, as our specialty does, continue to be refined and perfected.”
Contents of the January issue:
- “Introduction: The neurosurgeon as roboticist” by Constantinos Hadjipanayis et al.
- “Editorial: Ethical nuances and medicolegal vulnerabilities in robotic neurosurgery” by George Chandy Vilanilam and Easwer Hariharan Venkat
- “Learning curves in robot-assisted spine surgery: a systematic review and proposal of application to residency curricula” by Zach Pennington et al.
- “Does robot-assisted navigation influence pedicle screw selection and accuracy in minimally invasive spine surgery?” by Karim A. Shafi et al.
- “Editorial: Benefits of robotic spine surgery: the future is bright” by Daniel Lubelski and Nicholas Theodore
- “Clinical results following robotic navigation guidance for sacroiliac joint fusion in 36 patients” by Jennyfer Paulla Galdino Chaves et al.
- “Workflow and performance of intraoperative CT, cone-beam CT, and robotic cone-beam CT for spinal navigation in 503 consecutive patients” by Paul Kendlbacher et al.
- “CT-to-fluoroscopy registration versus scan-and-plan registration for robot-assisted insertion of lumbar pedicle screws” by Asham Khan et al.
- “Robot-guided versus freehand fluoroscopy-guided minimally invasive transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion: a single-institution, observational, case-control study” by Ming-Chin Lin et al.
- “Evaluating robotic pedicle screw placement against conventional modalities: a systematic review and network meta-analysis” by Anant Naik et al.
- “Collaborative spinal robot system for laminectomy: a preliminary study” by Zhuofu Li et al.
- “Rediscovery of the transcerebellar approach: improving the risk-benefit ratio in robot-assisted brainstem biopsies”by Kathrin Machetanz et al.
- “A novel 3D-vision–based collaborative robot as a scope holding system for port surgery: a technical feasibility study” by Ruochu Xiong et al.
- “Robotic external ventricular drain placement for acute neurosurgical care in low-resource settings: feasibility considerations and a prototype design” by Alexander D. Smith et al.
- “Robotic and robot-assisted skull base neurosurgery: systematic review of current applications and future directions” by Dhiraj J. Pangal et al.
- “Robot-assisted frontofacial correction in very young children with craniofacial dysostosis syndromes: a technical note and early functional outcome” by Suhas Udayakumaran et al.
- “Robot-assisted carotid artery stenting: outcomes, safety, and operational learning curve” by Rawad Abbas et al.
- “Transcarotid access for remote robotic endovascular neurointerventions: a cadaveric proof-of-concept study” by Marton Berczeli et al.
Please join us in reading this month’s issue of Neurosurgical Focus.
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