%0 Journal Article
%T Primum non nocere: robots and spinal surgery
%A Zygourakis, Corinna C.
%A Theodore, Nicholas
%J Journal of Spine Surgery
%D 2018
%B 2018
%9 
%! Primum non nocere: robots and spinal surgery
%K 
%X 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.
%U https://jss.amegroups.org/article/view/4318
%V 4
%N 4
%P 810-811
%@ 2414-4630