Baptist Medical Center Jacksonville in Florida, US, has acquired Mazor Robotics' Renaissance surgical guidance system to perform the first minimally-invasive spinal surgery.
Baptist Medical is a community hospital and the central hub of Baptist Health, a five-hospital, 1,100-bed health system in Northeast Florida.
Baptist Health neurosurgeon Andrew Cannestra said the arrival of the robotic Renaissance system will allow new program development in spinal surgery in the Jacksonville area and further advance minimally-invasive spinal surgery in the center.
"This robotic spinal surgery solution allows us to treat more complex spinal deformity patients, those who have severe scoliosis, with less radiation, less operative time and less blood loss," Cannestra added.
Baptist Medical Center Jacksonville FACHE, Hospital president Michael Mayo said, "This technology makes Baptist Jacksonville a true robotic center, adding Renaissance to the da Vinci and MAKO systems our physicians are currently using for minimally invasive procedures."
