Navigation, Robotics and 3D Printing in Spine Surgery

Presenting the most up-to-date, cutting --edge techniques and technologies, this book provides the reader with an overview of contemporary approaches for degenerative, deformity and minimally invasive spine surgery. Sensibly divided into four main sections, the opening chapter describes the history of spinal navigation and a brief summary of the current categories: imaging based navigation using optical systems; robotic navigation systems; and the use of 3D printed patient-specific navigation. W