Robotic & Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery

Improved Recovery With Robotic Spine Surgery

Our team specializes in robotic-assisted and minimally invasive spine surgery (MISS), using special devices and techniques to avoid cutting muscle tissue. These techniques use small incisions, tubular access, and real-time imaging to treat spinal problems while preserving muscles and normal structures. This approach results in a quicker recovery for you.

Minimally Invasive Surgery

Minimally invasive spine surgery surgery is designed to limit collateral tissue injury. For appropriate patients, this can mean less postoperative pain, smaller scars, less blood loss, and a shorter hospital stay and recovery compared with traditional open surgery. As with any operation, risks remain and results vary by condition and procedure.

How Robotic Guidance Helps

Many spine procedures require precise placement of screws or implants. Before surgery, your surgeon plans the exact position and angle for each implant using advanced imaging and planning software. In the operating room, a robotic arm and 3-D navigation help execute that plan with high accuracy while your surgeon remains in full control.

Surgical Approaches We Use

Depending on your anatomy and diagnosis, minimally invasive access can be anterior (front), lateral (flank), or posterior (back). These approaches—combined with intra-operative imaging and navigation—allow complex work through small corridors.

Commonly Performed Procedures

Some common procedures performed with MISS/robotic assistance, include:

• Microdiscectomy and spinal decompression/laminectomy
• Interbody fusion (e.g., TLIF, ALIF, LLIF) with percutaneous instrumentation
• Cervical disc replacement (motion-preserving) when appropriate
• SI joint fusion and selected tumor or deformity cases

Who is a Candidate

Not everyone benefits from MISS. It’s best for conditions where the pain source can be precisely localized and reached via small corridors (e.g., herniated disc, stenosis, select instability, deformity,
tumors). Your surgeon will review imaging, prior treatments, and goals to determine the safest, most effective plan. Many candidates go home the same day or after a short stay.

Recovery and Pain Control

Most patients walk soon after surgery. We emphasize multimodal, opioid-sparing pain management whenever possible, along with early mobilization and targeted physical therapy to support recovery.

Conditions We Treat

The robotic spine system is ideal for treating these and other issues: