Robot-Assisted Back Surgery Study
Part of Bones, joints & muscles clinical trials.
This study tests a robot that helps surgeons perform a type of back surgery called a laminectomy. It aims to see if the robot makes surgery safer and more effective for people with certain lower spine problems.
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Who can take part
- You are between 18 and 80 years old.
- You have a lower back condition such as a herniated disc, spinal stenosis, instability, spondylolisthesis (a slipped vertebra), or a fracture that might need open back surgery.
- For herniated disc, spinal stenosis, or instability: your symptoms have not improved after 3 months of non-surgical treatment, or they seriously affect your quality of life, or you have nerve damage affecting bladder or bowel control.
- For spondylolisthesis: your symptoms are not relieved by non-surgical treatment, have a severe slip (grade III or higher), or you also have spinal stenosis symptoms.
- For lumbar fracture: the injury severity score (TLISS) is 4 or more.
- You do not have any of the following: existing implants near the surgery site, previous removal of nearby bone, pregnancy or breastfeeding, active infection near the area, severe medical condition limiting life expectancy to less than 2 years, bleeding problems, or inability to follow instructions.
Quick eligibility check
Answer a few plain-language questions, based on this study's own requirements, to get a preliminary sense of fit.
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