Robotic technologies and computer assisted "navigation" in the future of spine surgery: new collaborations between bioengineers and surgeons
Rachis pathology is increasing among the population due to lifestyle which also may increase the risk of spreading. The 39th Congress of the Italian Society of Spine Surgery & Scoliosis Italian Group (SICV & GIS) at Congress Palace in Florence from Thursday, May 5 to Saturday, May 7, to know where we stand on the spinal surgery debate, paying particular attention to the role of research and high technologies and announcing new collaborations between surgeons and bioengineers of BioRobotics Institute of Pisa Sant'Anna School for Advanced Studies.
In Italy, technological innovation in spinal surgery has patchy distribution, Tuscany, however, is at the forefront of research and clinical use of advanced technology and intends to consolidate its leadership role. Professor Paolo Dario, Director of the BioRobotics Institute of Sant'Anna School, is a pioneer of medical robotics and the one who announces the prospects opened by the collaboration between spinal surgery and robotic surgery in the keynote address on Saturday, May 7 at 9:40, at the end of a Congress that, for the first time, is chaired by two presidents: a neurosurgeon (Giancarlo Guizzardi) and an orthopedic surgeon (Giuseppe Calvosa). The honorary presidency is entrusted to Alessandro Faldini, one of the founders and promoters of the scientific society in 1977 in Pisa.
The round table conference in Florence is dedicated to legal medical problems. The keynote speaker is Stefania Saccardi, Tuscany Regional Councillor for Health, whose opening remarks are scheduled Thursday, May 5th, at 17.50. On May 5th European spine surgeons of great experience will discuss complex clinical cases.
"The clinical expectations of spinal surgery - explains Giuseppe Calvosa, Director of the Orthopedics Unit of Santa Maria Maddalena Spedali Riuniti in Volterra, who is working with bioengineers of Sant'Anna School in Pisa - are often met but some patients are not satisfied with the results since the surgeons do not clearly explain surgical procedure and expected outcomes. Today, modern approaches to spinal surgery should focus on minimally invasive surgical procedures, with minimal acess and percutaneous interventions, and getting optimal and lasting results is complex ".
