Reston Hospital Adds Spine Surgical Robot

recently added Renaissance Mazor Robotics’ surgical guidance system to its Institute for Robotic and Advanced Minimally Invasive Surgery - making it the only hospital in the Mid-Atlantic region to offer Renaissance guided spine surgeries.

Mazor Robotics technology has a consistent accuracy of 1 millimeter (1/25 inch). Before entering the operating room, surgeons use Renaissance to pre-plan the optimal surgery in a CT-based 3D simulation of the patient’s spine, a hospital spokeswoman said.

“The Renaissance delivers its greatest value with minimally invasive spine surgeries”, says Dr. Thomas Schuler, Reston Hospital Center Spine Surgeon and CEO of Virginia Spine Institute.  “While minimally invasive means less pain, smaller incisions, shorter hospitalizations and faster recovery for the patient, it presents challenges for the surgeon due to the lack of direct line-of-vision, requiring multiple intraoperative X-rays to compensate.  Renaissance overcomes these challenges, providing patients with the best possible clinical results, and with minimal intraoperative radiation.”