ASPIRE publications
Birch C, Welch N, Cook D, Hedequist D. Instrumentation using robotics coupled with navigation in pediatric spine deformity surgery: a technical report of sacropelvic instrumentation. Spine Deformity, 2025 Jul;13(4):1027-1032.
Mota, F., Welch, N., Montgomery, B. K., Birch, C., & Hedequist, D. (2023). Use of a high-speed drill in robotics coupled with navigation for pediatric spine surgery. Journal of robotic surgery, 17(4), 1511–1516.
Bosco, A. P., Welch, N. W., Sullivan, M. L., Petcharaporn, M., Marks, M., De Silva, S., Hedequist, D. J., (2026). The Importance of Surgeon Dashboarding for Comparative Quality and Safety Outcomes When Adopting Robotics in Practice. Spine; 51(7). Epub ahead of print.
ASPIRE presentations
International Meeting of Advanced Spine Techniques (IMAST), April 15-17, 2026
- Robert Murphy, MD: Registration Times Differ Significantly Comparing Two Registration Techniques in Robotic Pediatric Spine Surgery
- Robert Murphy, MD: Robotic Pediatric Spinal Fusion with Large Coronal Curves
International Congress on Early Onset Scoliosis (ICEOS), November 5-7, 2025
- Jessica Heyer, MD: Utilizing Robotic-Assisted Navigation in Early Onset Scoliosis: A Multicenter Perspective
International Meeting of Advanced Spine Techniques (IMAST), April 2-5, 2025
- Grant Hogue, MD: Technical Difficulties and Recognized Errors in Pediatric Robotic Spine Surgery
Group educational presentations and lectures
Daniel Hedequist, MD: Robotics for Pediatric Spine Deformity/ Grand Rounds. Texas Scottish Rite Hospital, Dallas, TX, 2020
Daniel Hedequist, MD: Robotics and Navigation in Pediatric Spine Surgery/ Moderator. 28th International Meeting on Advanced Spine Techniques, 2021
Daniel Hedequist, MD: The Current State of Robotics and Navigation in 2021 for Pediatric Spine Deformity/Invited presentation. 28th International Meeting on Advanced Spine Techniques, 2021
Daniel Hedequist, MD: Robotics/Navigation and the HSG/ Grand Rounds. Harms Study Group, 2021
Daniel Hedequist, MD: Robotics in Pediatric Spinal Deformity Surgery. Robotics & Navigation in Orthopaedic Surgery: The Current Evidence, HSS Journal, 2021
Daniel Hedequist, MD: Initial Adoption of Robotics Compared with Navigation in Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis/ Lecture. American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons National Meeting, 2022
Daniel Hedequist, MD: Robotics in Pediatric Spine Surgery/ Lecture. Medtronic Spine Summit, 2022
Daniel Hedequist, MD: Robotics in Pediatric Deformity/ Lecture. On the Cutting Edge, 11th Pediatric Spine Deformity, 2024
Daniel Hedequist, MD: Challenges Specific to Robotics in Pediatrics. 9th Annual Safety in Spine Surgery Summit, 2024
Daniel Hedequist, MD: Robotics for Pediatric Spine Deformity/ Faculty. FDA Innovation Course, 2024
Daniel Hedequist, MD: Changes Specific to Robotics in Pediatrics/ Invited presentation. 9th Annual Safety in Spine Surgery Summit, 2024
Daniel Hedequist, MD: Robotic Assisted PSFI/ Invited presentation. International Congress for Early Onst Scoliosis Meeting, 2024
Daniel Hedequist, MD: Robotics in the Pediatric Practice, Opportunities and Limitations/ Invited course lecture. 60th Annual Scoliosis Research Society (SRS) Meeting, 2025
Daniel Hedequist, MD: Robotics and Enabling Technology in Pediatric Spine/ Invited presentation. North American Spine Society (NASS) 40th Annual Meeting, 2025
Craig Birch, MD: How I got into robotics. International Congress on Early Onset Scoliosis (ICEOS), 2025
M. Timothy Hresko ,MD: Robotic-assisted instrumentation in pediatric spondylolisthesis. 37th Annual Grice Day Lecture, Boston Children’s Hospital, 2024
Ron El-Hawary, MD: Robotic Assisted Spine Surgery/Invited Presentation. Internatioknal Pediatric Orthopaedic Symposium (IPOS®), 2025
Ron El-Hawary, MD: Enabling Technologies for AIS Surgery. 2025 International Pediatric Orthopaedic Symposium (IPOS®), 2025
Craig Birch, MD: Robotics in Pediatric Practice, Opportunities and Limitations. Scoliosis Research Society 60th Annual Meeting, 2025
Group enabling technology publications
Elsebaie HB, Akbarnia BA, Eastlack RK, et al. A Novel Concept and 3D Coupler for Robotic Correction of Spinal Deformities: In Vitro Experimental Testing. Int J Spine Surg. 2026;20(2):186-193. Published 2026 May 4.
Tracey OC, Wisch JL, Adhiyaman A, Zucker CP, Widmann RF, Heyer JH. Minimally Invasive Placement of Pedicle Screws Using Robotic-Assisted Navigation and Magnetically Controlled Growing Rods in a Patient with Early-Onset Scoliosis: Technical Note and Case Report. J Orthop Case Rep. 2024 Jul;14(7):71-76.
Groisser BN, Thakur A, Hillstrom HJ, Adhiyaman A, Zucker C, Du J, Cunningham M, Hresko MT, Haddas R, Blanco J, Potter HG, Mintz DN, Breighner RE, Heyer JH, Widmann RF. Fully automated determination of robotic pedicle screw accuracy and precision utilizing computer vision algorithms. J Robot Surg. 2024 Jul 3;18(1):278.
Widmann RF, Wisch JL, Tracey OC, Zucker CP, Feddema T, Miller F, Linden GS, Erickson M, Heyer JH. Analysis of 5,070 consecutive pedicle screws placed utilizing robotically assisted surgical navigation in 334 patients by experienced pediatric spine deformity surgeons: surgical safety and early perioperative complications in pediatric posterior spinal fusion. Spine Deform. 2024 Jul;12(4):961-970.
Adhiyaman A, Tracey OC, Zucker C, Wisch J, Widmann RF, Heyer JH. Utilizing robotic-assisted navigation for pelvic instrumentation in pediatric patients with neuromuscular scoliosis: a technical note and case series. Eur J Orthop Surg Traumatol. 2024 May;34(4):2205-2211.
Cirrincione, P., Widmann, R. F., & Heyer, J. H. (2023). Advances in robotics and pediatric spine surgery. Current opinion in pediatrics, 35(1), 102–109.
Welch, N., Mota, F., Birch, C., Hutchinson, L., & Hedequist, D. (2023). Robotics Coupled With Navigation for Pediatric Spine Surgery: Initial Intraoperative Experience With 162 Cases. Journal of pediatric orthopedics, 43(5), e337–e342.
Linden, G. S., Ghessese, S., Cook, D., & Hedequist, D. J. (2022). Pedicle Screw Placement in Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis: A Comparison between Robotics Coupled with Navigation versus the Freehand Technique. Sensors (Basel, Switzerland), 22(14), 5204.
Morse, K. W., Heath, M., Avrumova, F., Defrancesco, C., Fabricant, P. D., Lebl, D. R., & Widmann, R. F. (2021). Comprehensive Error Analysis for Robotic-assisted Placement of Pedicle Screws in Pediatric Spinal Deformity: The Initial Learning Curve. Journal of pediatric orthopedics, 41(7), e524–e532.
Avrumova, F., Morse, K. W., Heath, M., Widmann, R. F., & Lebl, D. R. (2021). Evaluation of K-wireless robotic and navigation assisted pedicle screw placement in adult degenerative spinal surgery: learning curve and technical notes. Journal of spine surgery (Hong Kong), 7(2), 141–154.
Morse, K. W., Otremski, H., Page, K., & Widmann, R. F. (2021). Less Invasive Pediatric Spinal Deformity Surgery: The Case for Robotic-Assisted Placement of Pedicle Screws. HSS journal : the musculoskeletal journal of Hospital for Special Surgery, 17(3), 317–325.
Linden, G. S., Birch, C. M., Hresko, M. T., Cook, D., & Hedequist, D. J. (2021). Intraoperative Use of Robotics With Navigation for Pedicle Screw Placement in Treatment of Pediatric High-grade Spondylolisthesis: A Preliminary Report. Journal of pediatric orthopedics, 41(10), 591–596.
Gonzalez, D., Ghessese, S., Cook, D., & Hedequist, D. (2021). Initial intraoperative experience with robotic-assisted pedicle screw placement with stealth navigation in pediatric spine deformity: an evaluation of the first 40 cases. Journal of robotic surgery, 15(5), 687–693.
Sawires, A. N., Birch, C. M., & Hedequist, D. (2021). The Use of Robotics Coupled With Navigation for Pediatric Congenital Spine Deformity. HSS journal : the musculoskeletal journal of Hospital for Special Surgery, 17(3), 289–293.
Devito, D. P., & Woo, R. (2021). History and Evolution of Spinal Robotics in Pediatric Spinal Deformity. International journal of spine surgery, 15(s2), S65–S73.
Hedequist, D., Erickson, M., & Larson, A. (2020). Navigation and Robotics in Pediatric Spine Surgery: Current Concept Review. Journal of the Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America, 2(1).
Shaw, K. A., Murphy, J. S., & Devito, D. P. (2018). Accuracy of robot-assisted pedicle screw insertion in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: is triggered electromyographic pedicle screw stimulation necessary?. Journal of spine surgery (Hong Kong), 4(2), 187–194.