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Robotic Spine Surgery Performed In Florida

Fuente: This Week Orthopedics // 20.07.2012

Besides having an M.D. after his name, Nizam Razack has a JD making him one of a very few board certified neurosurgeons in the U.S. who are also licensed to practice law. Razack has now become the first in Florida to perform surgery with the Renaissance robotic guidance system for spine procedures made by Mazor Robotics Ltd. Razack stated:

It is always both exciting and a little nerve racking to be the first to do anything when it comes to patient care. You always want things to go smoothly and safely for the patient so a good clinical outcome is achieved.

Celebration Health Hospital, of Celebration, Florida, a part of the Florida Hospital System, has purchased a Renaissance system, described by Mazor Robotics as the next generation surgical guidance system for spine procedures.

"Mazor aims to work closely with early adopters of Renaissance within large hospital networks to broaden the system's potential exposure to a large number of surgeons," said Ori Hadomi, CEO of Mazor Robotics. "With a state-of-the-art training facility, its large affiliate hospital network and global reputation, we are confident that Celebration Health will be a strong partner for training surgeons to perform robotic spine procedures and an excellent reference point for other hospitals considering the distinguishing features of surgical robotics."

Razack added, “Like any new emerging technology, robotic spine technology has a steep learning curve that requires hours in the lab to achieve clinical competency.”

According to Mazor officials the Renaissance system is appropriate for a wide range of clinical applications including open, MIS and percutaneous posterior thoracolumbar approaches, complex spinal deformities, screw placement and osteotomies.

Razack is the founder and president of the Spine and Brain Neurosurgery Center. He currently serves as the Chairman of the Department of Neurological Surgery for Orlando Health, is an assistant clinical professor in the department of neurosurgery for the University of Central Florida College of Medicine and a former Assistant Professor of Neurological Surgery, Orthopedics and Rehabilitation from the University of Miami. He is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons and of the American Association of Neurological Surgery, and a member of the Florida Medical Association

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