Pedicle screw fixation technique is a key technique in spinal surgery department. Since the first recorded robot assisted procedure took place in 1985 by PUMA 200[1], there have been 18 types of robots which are related to spinal surgery. Firstly, based on the description of traditional pedicle screw fixation technique, this paper summarizes the importance of spinal navigation robot technology. Secondly, the characters of serial mechanism robot and parallel mechanism robot are compared. The serial mechanism spinal navigation robot is simpler in both structure and control, and the operation space and dexterity are bigger. The parallel robot is smaller in size and higher in positioning accuracy and space maintenance stability. Finally, we present the problems existing in the spinal navigation robot technology and the development trends are prospected.
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