Navigation Assisted Robotics in Spine and Trauma Surgery

Editor Wei Tian is a  surgeon and the director of the spine surgery department, Beijing Jishuitan Hospital, and also the president of the hospital. He is the president of the 18th International Society For Computer Assisted Orthopaedic Surgery, and the immediate past president of Chinese Orthopedic Association. Editor Wei Tian is also the Academician of Chinese Academy of Engineering.

History and Development of Robotic Assisted Orthopedic Surgery.- Basic Principle of Robot-Assisted Orthopedic Surgery.- Use of Artificial Potential Field Theory to Determine the Spatial Position of a Navigation-Guided Orthopedic Surgical Robot.- Future Trends and Perspectives.- Magerl method of C1-C2 transarticular screw fixation.- Robot-Assisted posterior C1 and C2 Screw Fixation.- Robot-Assisted Odontoid Fracture Anterior Screw Fixation.- Robot-assisted C2 Pedicle Screw Placement for the Treatment of Hangman Fracture.- Robot Assisted Cervical Pedicle Screw Fixation.- Robot assisted thoracic pedicle screw fixation technique.- Robot-assisted Spine Surgery in Spinal Deformities.- Robot-assisted Lumbar Pedicle Screw Fixation.- Vertebroplasty in Osteoporotic Spine.- Robot-assisted Translaminar Lag Screw Fixation of Spondylolysis.- Robot assisted Percutaneous Transforaminal Endoscopy Discectomy.- Cortical Bone Trajectory for Lumbar Pedicle Screw Placement.- The Complications of Robot-assisted Spine surgery.- Robot-Assisted Free Vascularised Fibular Grafting for the Treatment of Osteonecrosis of the Femoral Head.- An Overview of Robotic Applications in Traumatic Orthopedics.- Research Study of Robotic-assisted Pelvic Fracture Reduction.- Application of Navigation Assisted Robot in Internal Fixation of Fracture.