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The following are article abstracts that provide clinical data to support Mazor Robotics’ surgical technology.

Hu, X, Ohnmeiss D. Lieberman,I. Robotic-assisted pedicle screw placement: lessons learned from the first 102 patients. Eur Spine J (2013) 22:661-666

· Konovalov NA, Shevelev IN, Kornienko VN, Nazarenko AG, Zelenkov PV, Isaev KA, Asyutin DS. Robot - assistance in degenerative lumbar spine disease surgery. [CD-ROM] Presented at: European Congress of Neurosurgery (EANS); October 9-14, 2011:abs 1061.

· Silberstein, B. Bruskin, A. Alexandrovskii, V. Robot guided surgery in treatment of osteoporotic fractures. [CD-ROM] Presented at: European Federation of National Associations of Orthopaedics and Traumatology (EFORT) 2011 Annual Congress; June 1-4, 2011:abs 1097.

· Stüer C, Ringel F, Stoffel M, Reinke A, Behr M, Meyer B. Robotic technology in spine surgery: current applications and future developments. Acta Neurochir. 2011;109(suppl):241-5.

· Devito DP, Gaskill T, Erikson M, Fernandez M. Robotic based guidance for pedicle screw instrumentation of the scoliotic spine. Presented at: Pediatric Society of North America (POSNA); May 2011; Montreal, Canada .

· Kantelhardt, SR, Martinez R, Baerwinkel S, Burger R, Giese A, Rohde V. Perioperative course and accuracy of screw positioning in conventional, open robotic-guided and percutaneous robotic-guided, pedicle screw placement.. Eur Spine J. 2011;20(6):860-868. doi:10.1007/s00586-011-1729-2.

· Devito, DP, Kaplan, L, Dietl R, Silberstein, et al. Clinical acceptance and accuracy assessment of spinal implants guided with SpineAssist surgical robot: retrospective study. Spine. 2010;35(24):2109-2115. doi:10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181d323ab.

· Schoenmayr R, Kim I-S. Why do I use and recommend the use of navigation? ArgoSpine News & J. 2010;22(4):132-135. doi: 10.1007/s12240-010-0031-1.

· Birkenmaier C, Suess O, Pfeiffer M, Burger R, Schmieder K, Wegener B. The European multicenter trial on the safety and efficacy of guided oblique lumbar interbody fusion (GO-LIF). BMC Musculoskelet Disord. 2010; 11: 199. doi: 10.1186/1471-2474-11-199.

· Devito DP, Gaskill T, Erickson M. Robotic-based guidance for pedicle screw instrumentation of the scoliotic spine. E-Poster presented at: 10th Annual Spine Arthroplasty Society (SAS) Global Symposium on Motion Preservation Technology; April 27-30, 2010; New Orleans, LA, USA.

· Konovalov NA, Shevelev IN, Kornienko VN, et al. Robotic assistance in spine surgery. Traumatol Orthoped Rus.[Russian language] 2010;2(56);62-63. doi: 616.711-001-089.84.

· Pechlivanis I, Kiriyanthan G, Engelhardt M, et al. Percutaneous placement of pedicle screws in the lumbar spine using a bone mounted miniature robotic system, first experiences and accuracy of screw placement. Spine. 2009;34(4):392–398.

· Dietl R, Levene JB, Dominique D. Clinical case series with post operative CT analysis spine surgery with miniature robotic guidance. E-Poster presented at: 3rd German Spine Conference (DWG); November 27-29, 2008; Ulm, Germany.

· Zaulan Y, Alexandrovsky V, Khazin F, Silberstein B, Roffman M, Bruskin A. Robotic assisted vertebroplasty: our experience with a novel approach to the treatment of vertebral compression fractures. Poster presented at: World Society for Endoscopic Navigated and Minimal Invasive Spine Surgery (WENMISS) Annual Congress; January 12-14, 2008; London, UK.

· Hardenbrook M, Knoller N, Barzilay Y, Zilberstein B, et al. Clinical experience with miniature robot for spinal surgery: 89 clinical cases. E-Poster presented at: 14th International Meeting on Advanced Spine Techniques (IMAST); July 11-14, 2007; Paradise Island.

· Pfeiffer M, Schorer U, Hassel F, Bräutigam H. First European experience with robotic assisted pedicle screw placement in the spine for fusion and dynamic stabilization (SpineAssist). Paper presented at: 7th Annual Spine Arthroplasty Society (SAS) Global Symposium on Motion Preservation Technology; May 1-4, 2007; Berlin, Germany.

· Hochschuler SH, Lieberman IH, Kayanja MM. Importance of device sizing and positioning in total disc replacement surgery. Poster presented at: 7th Annual Spine Arthroplasty Society (SAS) Global Symposium on Motion Preservation Technology; 1-4 May 1-4, 2007; Berlin, Germany.

· Shoham M, Lieberman IH, Benzel EC, et al. Robotic assisted spinal surgery - from concept to clinical practice. Computer Aided Surgery. 2007;12(2):105–115.

· Rodgers JV, Dubrowski K, Folsom K. Innovations in minimally invasive spinal surgery. Poster presented at: The Association of Perioperative Registered Nurses (AORN)’s Annual Congress; March 11-15, 2007; Orlando, FL, USA.

· Togawa D, Kayanja MM, Reinhardt MK, et al. Bone-mounted miniature robotic guidance for pedicle screw and translaminar facet screw placement: part 2 - evaluation of system accuracy. Neurosurgery. 2007;60(ONS Suppl 1):ONS129–ONS139. doi: 10.1227/01.neu.0000249257.16912.AA.

· Lieberman IH, Togawa D, Kayanja MM. Bone-mounted miniature robotic guidance for Pedicle Screw and Translaminar facet screw placement: part I - technical development and a test case result. Neurosurgery. 2006;59(3):641-650. doi: 10.1227/01.neu.0000229055.00829.5B.

· Joskovicz L, Shamir R, Freiman M, et al. Image-guided system with miniature robot for precise positioning and targeting in keyhole neurosurgery. Computer Aided Surgery. 2006;11( 4):181–193. doi: 10.1080=10929080600909351.\

· Sukovich W, Brink-Danan S, Hardenbrook M. Miniature robotic guidance for pedicle screw placement in posterior spinal fusion: early clinical experience with the SpineAssist. Int J Med Robotics Comput Assist Surg. 2006;2:114–122.

· Hardenbrook M, Sukovich W. Use of miniature robotic guidance in complicated revision deformity cases. Paper presented at: International Meeting on Advanced Spine Techniques (IMAST); July 2006; Athens, Greece.

· Barzilay Y, Liebergall M, Fridlander A, Knoller N. Miniature robotic guidance for spine surgery – introduction of a novel system and analysis of challenges encountered during the clinical development phase at two spine centres. Int J Med Robotics Comput Assist Surg. 2006;2:146–153.

· Togawa D, Kayanja MM, Lieberman IH, et al. Accuracy of bone-mounted miniature robotic guidance system for pedicle and translaminar facet screw placement. Poster presented at: American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) Annual Meeting; March 2006; Chicago, IL, USA.

· Shoham M, Brink-Danan S, Friedlander A, Knoller N. Bone mounted miniature robotic system for spine surgery. Poster presented at: The First IEEE/RAS-EMBS International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics (BioRob) 2006; February 2006; Pisa, Italy.

· Barzilay Y, Finkelstein J. Robotic assistance in spine surgery: early experience from Hadassah Medical Center. Paper presented at: Hadassah Spine Unit, Hebrew University Medical Center; 2006; Jerusalem, Israel.

· Togawa D, Kayanja MM, Lieberman IH. Accuracy of bone-mounted miniature robotic guidance system for pedicle and translaminar facet screw placement Poster presented at: International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine (ISSLS) Annual Meeting; May 10-14, 2005; New York, NY, USA.

· Yaniv Z, Joskowicz L. Robot-assisted distal locking of long bone intramedullary nails: localization, registration and in-vitro experiments. Presented at: Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention (MICCAI); 2004.

· Natanzon, A, Vitchevsky, A, Silberman, B, Batkilin, E, Burman, M, Shoham, M. Validation of robotically-assisted system for spinal procedures. Presented at: 2nd International Conference on Computer Assisted Orthopedic Surgery (CAOS); 2005, Chicago, IL, USA.

· Shoham, M, Burman, M, Zehavi, E, Joskowicz, L, Batkilin, E, Kunicher Y. Bone mounted miniature robot for surgical procedures: concept and clinical applications. IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation. 2003;19(5):893-901.

· Joskowicz, L, Milgrom, C, Shoham, M, Yaniv, Z, Simkin, A. A robot-assisted system for long bone intramedullary distal locking. Presented at: 17th International Congress on Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery (CARS); 2003; London, UK.

· Joskowicz, L, Milgrom, C, Shoham, M, Yaniv, Z, Simkin, A. Robot-guided long bone intramedullary distal locking: concept and preliminary results. Paper presented at: 2002 International Symposium on Robotics Automation (ISRA 2002); September 1-4, 2002; Toluca, Mexico.