@article{JSS4318,
author = {Corinna C. Zygourakis and Nicholas Theodore},
title = {Primum non nocere: robots and spinal surgery},
journal = {Journal of Spine Surgery},
volume = {4},
number = {4},
year = {2018},
keywords = {},
abstract = {In this article, Lieber et al. performed a retrospective analysis of data in the Nationwide Inpatient Sample database, comparing 257 patients who underwent robot-assisted lumbar fusion with 257 matched controls who underwent conventional lumbar fusion. After controlling for various patient factors, they did not find a significant difference in minor or major complications between the two groups. However, they report increased hospital costs and length of stay in the robot-assisted group, compared with the conventional lumbar fusion group.},
issn = {2414-4630}, url = {https://jss.amegroups.org/article/view/4318}
}