Robotic Cervical Fixation and sEEG Depth Electrode Placement – Pushing the Boundaries

EasyChair Preprint no. 8163

Abstract

Here we report the first robotic high cervical fixation and sEEG depth electrode placement using the ExcelsiusGPS robot. All surgeries were performed successfully and there were no complications.  Demonstrated benefits of robotic spine and cranial surgery are increased accuracy, decreased length of surgery and less invasiveness. Limitations specific to this study include a small sample size and a single academic center. This study demonstrates the capability of the ExcelsiusGPS robot in both spine and cranial surgeries.  Current ongoing research seeks to utilize preoperative magnetic resonance imaging instead of CT in order to further decrease radiation exposure.  Future research is warranted to quantify the healthcare cost-savings and the learning curve for these complex robotic surgeries.

Keyphrases: excelsiusGPS, High cervical, Robotic Navigation, SEEG

@Booklet{EasyChair:8163,
  author = {Brendan F. Judy and A. Daniel Davidar and Andrew Hersh and Carly Weber-Levine and Amanda N. Sacino and Brian Y. Hwang and Tej D. Azad and Ann Liu and Joshua Materi and Tara Dedrickson and William S. Anderson and Nicholas Theodore},
  title = {Robotic Cervical Fixation and sEEG Depth Electrode Placement – Pushing the Boundaries},
  howpublished = {EasyChair Preprint no. 8163},

  year = {EasyChair, 2022}}