UC Irvine doctors perform West Coast’s first robotic surgery on spine
Technology seen to increase precision, enhance healing and improve results.
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Expanding the role of robots
Lourdes Medina had a common problem: relentless back pain and sciatica caused by a herniated disk and an unstable spine. The solution, however, was anything but common. At UC Irvine Medical Center, she underwent the first robot-assisted spinal surgery on the West Coast. Within a day of her March 15 operation, the 32-year-old Los Angeles woman was […]