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Florida hospital using robot to make spinal surgery faster and safer
Ari Hait
Reporter
Florida hospital using robot to make spinal surgery faster and safer
RATON. >> IT鈥橲 NO SECRET THAT WHEN IT COMES TO SPINAL SURGERY, EVERY MILLIMETER COUNTS. THE SLIGHTEST MISTAKE COULD BE A CATASTROPHE, AND DOCTORS SAY THAT IS WHY THEY NEED THIS ROBOT. IT ALMOST LOOKS LIKE SOMETHING FROM THE FUTURE, BUT IN THIS CASE, THE FUTURE IS NOW. THIS IS THE METRONIC MAZOR ROBOT AND IT鈥橲 CHANGING THE WAY SURGERIES ARE DONE ON THE SPINE. >> THIS ROBOT HELPS US DO THAT WITH ALMOST PERFECT PRECISION AND ACCURACY. DR. TIM MILLER IS A NEUROSURGEON >> AT THE MARCUS NEUROSCIENCE INSTITUTE IN BOCA RATON, THE INSTITUTE IS THE ONLY PLACE IN PALM BEACH AND BROWARD COUNTIES USING THE MAZOR ROBOT. THEY JUST USED IT FOR THE FIRST TIME ON A MAN IN HIS 70S WHO NEEDED HIS SPINE STABILIZED. >> THE ROBOT IS USED FOR SURGERIES WHEN WE HAVE TO IMPLANT SOME SORT OF BONE OR TISSUE INVOLVING SCREWS AND THE BONES OF THE SPINE. >> YOU DON鈥橳 NEED TO BE A NEUROSURGEON TO KNOW THAT ACCURACY IS PRETTY IMPORTANT WHEN YOU鈥橰E PUTTING SCREWS IN SOMEONE鈥橲 SPINE. THAT鈥橲 WHERE THE ROBOT COMES IN. BEFORE THEY EVEN GET IN THE OPERATING ROOM, THE ROBOT HELPS MAP OUT EXACTLY WHERE THE SCREWS SHOULD GO. >> THE SOFTWARE COMPONENT ALLOWS US TO HAVE PERFECT PLACEMENT AT EVERY LEVEL. >> THEN ONCE THE SURGERY BEGINS, THE ROBOT IS THERE IS MAKE SURE EVERYTHING IS PLACED EXACTLY WHERE IT SHOULD BE. IT MAKES THE SURGERY FASTER, MORE ACCURATE, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY SAFER. ,>> KNOWING IT鈥橲 GOING TO MAKE THE SURGERY EASIER FOR ME, THAT GIVES A LOT OF PIECE OF MINE. >> THE LAST TIME THE PATIENT SPENDS IN SURGERY, THE SPE
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Florida hospital using robot to make spinal surgery faster and safer
Ari Hait
Reporter
It almost looks like something from the future.But in this case, the future is now.The Marcus Neuroscience Institute in Boca Raton, Florida, for the first time has used what鈥檚 called a Medtronic Mazor robot during spinal surgery.A spokesperson for the institute said it鈥檚 the only place in Palm Beach and Broward Counties using the robot.鈥淭his robot helps us with almost perfect precision and accuracy,鈥� said Dr. Tim Miller, the director of functional neurosurgery at the institute.Miller is also one of the doctors that performed the recent surgery, which was done on a man in his 70s who needed his spine stabilized.鈥淭he robot is used for surgeries where we have to implant some sort of immobilization device in a patient鈥檚 spine, particularly when that involves putting screws into the bones of the spine,鈥� Miller said.It鈥檚 no secret that accuracy is vital when it comes to putting screws in a patient鈥檚 spine.Miller said that鈥檚 where the robot comes in.Even before anyone enters an operating room, the robot helps map out exactly where the screws should go.鈥淭he software component of this allows us to plan these preoperatively so that we can have perfect screw placement at every level, essentially without error,鈥� Miller said.Once the surgery begins, the robot is there to make sure everything is placed exactly where it should be.It makes the surgery faster, more accurate and, most importantly, safer.鈥淜nowing that it鈥檚 going to make the surgery easier for me and that things are going to be more accurate and the patient is going to do better, that brings a lot of peace of mind,鈥� Miller said.

It almost looks like something from the future.

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But in this case, the future is now.

The Marcus Neuroscience Institute in Boca Raton, Florida, for the first time has used what鈥檚 called a Medtronic Mazor robot during spinal surgery.

A spokesperson for the institute said it鈥檚 the only place in Palm Beach and Broward Counties using the robot.

鈥淭his robot helps us with almost perfect precision and accuracy,鈥� said Dr. Tim Miller, the director of functional neurosurgery at the institute.

Miller is also one of the doctors that performed the recent surgery, which was done on a man in his 70s who needed his spine stabilized.

鈥淭he robot is used for surgeries where we have to implant some sort of immobilization device in a patient鈥檚 spine, particularly when that involves putting screws into the bones of the spine,鈥� Miller said.

It鈥檚 no secret that accuracy is vital when it comes to putting screws in a patient鈥檚 spine.

Miller said that鈥檚 where the robot comes in.

Even before anyone enters an operating room, the robot helps map out exactly where the screws should go.

鈥淭he software component of this allows us to plan these preoperatively so that we can have perfect screw placement at every level, essentially without error,鈥� Miller said.

Once the surgery begins, the robot is there to make sure everything is placed exactly where it should be.

It makes the surgery faster, more accurate and, most importantly, safer.

鈥淜nowing that it鈥檚 going to make the surgery easier for me and that things are going to be more accurate and the patient is going to do better, that brings a lot of peace of mind,鈥� Miller said.