Boulder Community Health Brings the Mazor X™ Stealth system to Northern Colorado
Boulder-area residents suffering from painful back conditions now have
local access to an advanced surgical system that can make complex spine
surgery safer and less painful.
Boulder Community Health (BCH) now offers the cutting-edge Mazor X™
Stealth robotic guidance system, which allows BCH spine surgeons to use
a less-invasive approach to complex spine surgery. BCH’s
Foothills Hospital is the first Colorado hospital north of Denver to offer this revolutionary
technology.
Mazor X™ combines proprietary software to plan the surgical procedure,
a robotic arm to precisely guide the placement of implants during complicated
spine surgery, and real-time imaging feedback to ensure the procedure
proceeds as planned. This higher degree of accuracy throughout the surgical
procedure can provide better outcomes for patients compared to traditional
spine surgery.
"Innovative surgical technology like the Mazor X™ has the power
to transform patient care,” said Robert Vissers, MD, BCH President/Chief
Executive Officer. “BCH has a long tradition of partnering with
our surgeons to identify less invasive approaches that improve the patient
experience and get people back to their active lives quicker. This is
a game-changer for people who need surgery for painful spine conditions
such as degenerative disc disease or a herniated disc.”
Minimally-invasive surgery is a growing trend in spine surgery. Traditional
open spine surgery requires large incisions that require more muscle and
tissue dissection, resulting in extended hospital stays, more pain and
longer recovery times. Minimally-invasive spine surgery using Mazor X™
technology, on the other hand, allows surgeons to make smaller incisions
to help guide surgical instruments more precisely during surgery.
Additional advantages of Mazor X™’s minimally-invasive approach include:
- Improved surgical accuracy
- Smaller incisions
- Less risk for complications
- Less exposure to radiation
- Less bleeding
- Shorter hospital stays
- Faster recovery
"Robotic technology has already brought major improvements to hip
and knee replacements and it’s poised to make a comparable impact
on current and future spine surgery,” said neurosurgeon Sharad Rajpal,
MD, of Boulder Neurosurgical and Spine Associates (BNA). “Mazor
X™ is an amazing new tool for spine surgeons. I can use the Mazor
X™ software to plan each step to be carried out during a complex
spinal procedure. During surgery, I can use the Mazor X™ to direct
the robotic navigational arm to the exact spot and angle for optimal placement
of surgical instruments and spinal implants. That’s the kind of
precision that produces safer better results for patients.”
BNA surgeons will use Mazor X™ technology to treat adult patients
with a variety of spinal conditions, ranging from degenerative disc disease
to scoliosis.
Mazor is the latest addition to BCH’s expanding robotic surgery program.
In addition to the Mazor X™, BCH offers:
- da Vinci Xi robotic-assisted surgery for general surgical, cardiothoracic,
gynecological and urological procedures.
- Mako robotic-arm orthopedic surgery for knee and hip replacements.
If you would like to learn more about the robotic-assisted surgery performed
at BCH, please visit our
Robotic-Assisted Surgery page.