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Scripps Encinitas Doctors First in West to Perform Spine Surgery with New Advanced Robotic Technology
ENCINITAS, CA–(Marketwired – January 12, 2017) – Doctors at Scripps Memorial Hospital Encinitas have become the first west of the Rocky Mountains to perform spinal fusion surgery using a new sophisticated robotic-guided technology that brings a new level of accuracy to these delicate operations.

On Jan. 10, Scripps orthopedic surgeons Neville Alleyne, M.D., and Payam Moazzaz, M.D., performed lumbar spinal fusion surgery on a patient using the Mazor X surgical guidance system, which was commercially launched in October. In the coming weeks, doctors expect to use the Mazor X to perform cervical and thoracic spinal fusions.

In recent years, minimally invasive back surgery has been introduced as an alternative to the traditional, invasive open surgery. Robotic-assisted technology is used in only about one in 20 spine procedures today, but adoption could grow rapidly. According to a recent report in the trade publication Medical Device and Diagnostic Industry, surgeons expect the rate of robotic-guided spine surgeries to double during the next year, and a decade from now more than one in four spine surgeries could be performed using robotic surgical guidance systems.

http://www.orthospinenews.com/scripps-encinitas-doctors-first-in-west-to-perform-spine-surgery-with-new-advanced-robotic-technology/