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Volume 42: Issue 5 (May 2017): Robotics in Neurosurgery

in Neurosurgical Focus

Introduction. Robotics in neurosurgery

By: Michael Y. Wang, Tetsuya Goto, Enrico Tessitore and Anand Veeravagu

Pages: E1

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Current applications of robotics in spine surgery: a systematic review of the literature

By: Jacob R. Joseph, Brandon W. Smith, Xilin Liu and Paul Park

Pages: E2

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Augmented-reality integrated robotics in neurosurgery: are we there yet?

By: Karthik Madhavan, John Paul G. Kolcun, Lee Onn Chieng and Michael Y. Wang

Pages: E3

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Initial academic experience and learning curve with robotic spine instrumentation

By: Timur M. Urakov, Ken Hsuan-kan Chang, S. Shelby Burks and Michael Y. Wang

Pages: E4

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Intelligent control of neurosurgical robot MM-3 using dynamic motion scaling

By: Sunho Ko, Atsushi Nakazawa, Yusuke Kurose, Kanako Harada, Mamoru Mitsuishi, Shigeo Sora, Naoyuki Shono, Hirofumi Nakatomi, Nobuhito Saito and Akio Morita

Pages: E5

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Computer-aided design/computer-aided manufacturing skull base drill

By: William T. Couldwell, Joel D. MacDonald, Charles L. Thomas, Bradley C. Hansen, Aniruddha Lapalikar, Bharat Thakkar and Alagar K. Balaji

Pages: E6

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Robot-assisted procedures in pediatric neurosurgery

By: Alessandro De Benedictis, Andrea Trezza, Andrea Carai, Elisabetta Genovese, Emidio Procaccini, Raffaella Messina, Franco Randi, Silvia Cossu, Giacomo Esposito, Paolo Palma, Paolina Amante, Michele Rizzi and Carlo Efisio Marras

Pages: E7

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A new tool for touch-free patient registration for robot-assisted intracranial surgery: application accuracy from a phantom study and a retrospective surgical series

By: Francesco Cardinale, Michele Rizzi, Piergiorgio d’Orio, Giuseppe Casaceli, Gabriele Arnulfo, Massimo Narizzano, Davide Scorza, Elena De Momi, Michele Nichelatti, Daniela Redaelli, Maurizio Sberna, Alessio Moscato and Laura Castana

Pages: E8

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Initial experience with a robotically operated video optical telescopic-microscope in cranial neurosurgery: feasibility, safety, and clinical applications

By: Lior Gonen, Srikant S. Chakravarthi, Alejandro Monroy-Sosa, Juanita M. Celix, Nathaniel Kojis, Maharaj Singh, Jonathan Jennings, Melanie B. Fukui, Richard A. Rovin and Amin B. Kassam

Pages: E9

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Endoscopic endonasal transsphenoidal surgery using the iArmS operation support robot: initial experience in 43 patients

By: Toshihiro Ogiwara, Tetsuya Goto, Alhusain Nagm and Kazuhiro Hongo

Pages: E10

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Evaluation of robot-guided minimally invasive implantation of 2067 pedicle screws

By: Naureen Keric, Christian Doenitz, Amer Haj, Izabela Rachwal-Czyzewicz, Mirjam Renovanz, Dominik M. A. Wesp, Stephan Boor, Jens Conrad, Alexander Brawanski, Alf Giese and Sven R. Kantelhardt

Pages: E11

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Revisions for screw malposition and clinical outcomes after robot-guided lumbar fusion for spondylolisthesis

By: Marc L. Schröder and Victor E. Staartjes

Pages: E12

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Robotic versus fluoroscopy-guided pedicle screw insertion for metastatic spinal disease: a matched-cohort comparison

By: Volodymyr Solomiichuk, Julius Fleischhammer, Granit Molliqaj, Jwad Warda, Awad Alaid, Kajetan von Eckardstein, Karl Schaller, Enrico Tessitore, Veit Rohde and Bawarjan Schatlo

Pages: E13

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Accuracy of robot-guided versus freehand fluoroscopy-assisted pedicle screw insertion in thoracolumbar spinal surgery

By: Granit Molliqaj, Bawarjan Schatlo, Awad Alaid, Volodymyr Solomiichuk, Veit Rohde, Karl Schaller and Enrico Tessitore

Pages: E14

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Against the odds: what to expect in rehabilitation of chronic spinal cord injury with a neurologically controlled Hybrid Assistive Limb exoskeleton. A subgroup analysis of 55 patients according to age and lesion level

By: Dennis Grasmücke, Amrei Zieriacks, Oliver Jansen, Christian Fisahn, Matthias Sczesny-Kaiser, Martin Wessling, Renate C. Meindl, Thomas A. Schildhauer and Mirko Aach

Pages: E15

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Editorial. The next generation of powered exoskeleton use in spinal cord injury

By: George M. Ghobrial and Michael Y. Wang

Pages: E16

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Robotic paravertebral schwannoma resection at extreme locations of the thoracic cavity

By: Giacomo Pacchiarotti, Michael Y. Wang, John Paul G. Kolcun, Ken Hsuan-kan Chang, Motasem Al Maaieh, Victor S. Reis and Dao M. Nguyen

Pages: E17

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Letter to the Editor. Stereotactic laser ablation for hypothalamic hamartomas after SRS failure

By: Nicholas J. Brandmeir and Michael D. Sather

Pages: E18

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Erratum. Application of emerging technologies to improve access to ischemic stroke care

By: Andrew J. Ringer

Pages: E19

Publication Date: May 2017

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