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A Teleoperated Robotic System-Assisted Percutaneous Transiliac-Transsacral Screw Fixation Technique
Published on: January 6, 2023
Robotic assisted sacroplasty: a case report
Mehmet Resid Onen1, Mehmet Simsek, Sait Naderi
1Umraniye Teaching and Research Hospital, Department of Neurosurgery, Istanbul, Turkey.
Aim:
Sacral insufficiency fracture is an important cause of lower back and groin pain among the osteoporotic population. Diagnosis and treatment of SIFs are challenging. Currently, surgical treatment includes sacroplasty under C-arm fluoroscopy or computed tomography. Both techniques have a risk of accuracy and high radiation exposure. A sacral insufficiency fracture patient treated using robotic assisted surgery is presented and present literature is discussed.
Method:
A bilateral sacral insufficiency fracture patient with an additional L5 osteoporotic vertebra fracture is treated by bilateral percutaneous vertebroplasty using robotic assisted surgery.
Results:
Robotic assisted surgery provided less x-ray exposure to the patient and the surgeon with additional accuracy and comfort.
Conclusion:
Robotic assisted surgery in treatment of sacral insufficiency fracture can be an important alternative method.
