Spine surgery showdown: robot vs. human hand – which is safer?

NCT ID NCT03398915

Ongoing Knowledge-focused Sponsor: Marc Schröder Source: ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026

Summary

This study looks at three ways surgeons place screws in the spine during surgery: using a robot, using a navigation system, or doing it by hand. The goal is to see which method leads to fewer screws needing to be fixed in a second surgery within the first year. About 932 adults with spine problems like disc disease, stenosis, or tumors took part across multiple hospitals in Europe.

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Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

Discitis Intervertebral Disc Displacement intervertebral disk degenerative disorder lumbar disk degenerative disorder metastatic malignant neoplasm in the spinal cord spinal cord cancer spinal cord neoplasm spinal fracture spinal injury spinal stenosis spondylolisthesis

As listed by the trial registrant

The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.

DEGENERATIVE DISC DISEASE RECURRENT DISC HERNIATION SPINAL METASTASES SPINAL STENOSIS SPINAL TUMOR SPONDYLODISKITIS SPONDYLOLISTHESIS

Contacts and locations

Locations

Azienda Ospedaliera Papardo

Messina, 98158, Italy
Azienda Ospedaliera Sant'Andrea di Roma

Roma, 00189, Italy
Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria di Ferrara

Ferrara, 44124, Italy
Bergman Clinics

Naarden, GE, Netherlands
HUG Geneva

Geneva, Canton of Geneva, Switzerland
Hospital Universitario La Paz

Madrid, 28046, Spain
Klinikum Rechts der Isar

Munich, Germany
La Pitié Salpetrière Hospital

Paris, France
M. Bufalini Hospital

Cesena, 47521, Italy
Medical University of Innsbruck

Innsbruck, Austria
Ortho-Klinik Dortmund

Dortmund, Germany
Universitätsmedizin Göttingen

Göttingen, Germany

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