Shreveport, La.-based Willis-Knighton Health System is among the first in the state to implement the Rosa Knee robot, the Bossier Press-Tribune reported Nov. 12.

Spine surgery has advanced significantly over the past decade, with minimally invasive surgery and robotic spine surgery drawing increased interest from surgeons.

Rome, Ga.-based Floyd Medical Center performed its first robot-assisted surgery, according to a Nov. 5 press release.

Bingham Memorial Hospital in Blackfoot, Idaho, has performed more than 1,000 robotic hip and knee replacements with Stryker's Mako system, ABC affiliate Local News 8 reported Nov. 5.

Flagstaff (Ariz.) Bone & Joint's Amber Randall, MD, has performed more than 1,800 robotic-assisted knee replacements, according to Flagstaff Business News.

In the past month, Becker's Spine Review has reported on nine hospitals and surgery centers that have installed spine robots:

MedStar Washington Hospital Center in Washington, D.C., has completed more than 50 spine surgeries with the Cirq robotic arm since it installed the device this summer, WTOP reports.

Robotic spine surgery has allowed surgeons to plan where each pedicle screw and interbody cage will be placed preoperatively, and guides them through that plan during surgery. 

Mayo Clinic Health System in Mankato, Minn., has completed its first orthopedic surgery using a robotic arm, according to an Oct. 27 KEYC report.

Polaris Spine & Neurosurgery Center was among the first ASCs to perform robotic spine surgery with the ExcelsiusGPS system, which it acquired in 2018.

Bowling Green, Ky.-based Med Center Health believes it's the first in the state to install the ExcelsiusGPS Spinal Robot, Bowling Green Daily News reports.

Medical City Fort Worth (Texas) began offering robotic spine surgery in October, D Magazine reports.

Neurosurgeon Raymond Walkup, MD, performed Polaris Spine & Neurosurgery's first surgery with the Globus Spine 1.1 Interbody Solutions System on Oct. 8.

St. Mary's Hospital in Waterbury, Conn., recently installed the Navio Surgical System for partial and total knee replacements, the Republican American reports.

Louisville, Ky.-based Norton Orthopedic Institute has used Zimmer Biomet's Rosa Knee System in more than 20 procedures since investing in the technology, Spectrum News 1 reported Oct. 18.

Camden Whitaker, MD, is now using Mazor X Stealth Edition robotic technology at Wichita, Kan.-based Wesley Medical Center, according to a September announcement.

Pardee Hospital in Hendersonville, N.C., recently added an ExcelsiusGPS robot to its spine program, ABC affiliate WLOS reports.

Reston (Va.) Hospital Center is offering augmented reality technology for spine surgeries, according to an Oct. 14 report from Reston Now.

Smith+Nephew entered the orthopedic robotic surgery space with its Cori robotic knee surgery system in mid-2020. Sara Schneider, Smith+Nephew's director of robotics program management, spoke to Medical Device & Outsourcing about the company's approach to robotics.

Two hospitals with Columbia, Md.-based MedStar Health are among the first to use the Cirq robotic arm for spine surgeries in the U.S., according to an Oct. 13 press release.