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In 2021, the surgical arena is replete with minimally invasive spine surgery (MISS) and accruing robotic adjuncts for this popular technique. However, in order to continue advancing surgical practice and driving development within this field, a concise synthesis of progress made in robotic surgery for MISS is critical. In this chapter, we briefly chronicle the history of robotic surgery, and delineate the pivotal strides this technology has made in MISS.

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    Kobina G. Mensah-Brown, Andrew I. Yang & Jang W. Yoon

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    Jin-Sung Kim

  2. Department of Neurological Surgery, Weill Cornell Medicine Center for Comprehensive Spine Care, New York Presbyterian OCH SPINE, New York, NY, USA

    Roger Härtl

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    Michael Y. Wang

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Mensah-Brown, K.G., Yang, A.I., Yoon, J.W. (2022). Currently Available Robot Systems in Spinal Surgery. In: Kim, JS., Härtl, R., Wang, M.Y., Elmi-Terander, A. (eds) Technical Advances in Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-0175-1_24

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