From robotic surgery to virtual reality and augmented reality, here are seven spine surgeons who have introduced new technologies at their practices in the past month:
Camden Whitaker, MD, is now offering robotic spine surgery with Medtronic's Mazor X Stealth Edition at Wichita, Kan.-based Wesley Medical Center.
James Chappuis, MD, is performing basivertebral nerve ablation for patients with chronic low back pain at Spine Center Atlanta.
John Asghar, MD, introduced two Florida hospitals to a virtual reality surgical training platform.
James Lynch, MD, performed the first procedure with 4Web Medical's Stand-Alone Anterior Spine Truss System at Renown Medical Center in Reno, Nev.
Michael Kachmann, MD, was reportedly the first physician to perform a robotic-assisted spinal fusion with the Mazor X Stealth Edition at an outpatient surgery center in Ohio.
John Keller, MD, performed his first augmented reality-assisted spine surgery with Augmedics' Xvision Spine System at Metro Health-University of Michigan Health in Wyoming, Mich.
Christopher Good, MD, also performed an AR-assisted spinal surgery with the Xvision Spine System at Reston (Va.) Hospital Center.