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Table 2 Characteristics of the included studies

From: Comparison of short-term clinical outcomes between robot-assisted and freehand pedicle screw placement in spine surgery: a meta-analysis and systematic review

Characteristics of included studies

Study

Study type

Age, y

No. of patients

Sex (M/F)

Robot type

No. of A-level Screws/All Screws

Quality assessment/nos score

RA

FH

RA

FH

Feng [3]

RCT

63.45 ± 4.56

64.22 ± 6.19

N = 80

RA = 40

FH = 40

16/24

15/25

TiRobot

RA:167/170

FH:162/174

RCT

Cui [6]

RCT

51.3 ± 9.8

54.1 ± 10.2

N = 48

RA = 23

FH = 25

4/19

6/19

TiRobot

RA:87/92

FH:85/100

RCT

Wang [9]

RCT

57.46 ± 8.68

57.69 ± 9.15

N = 123

RA = 61

FH = 62

16/45

21/41

TiRobot

RA:234/274

FH:196/282

RCT

Hyun [7]

RCT

66.5 ± 8.1

66.8 ± 8.9

N = 60

RA = 30

FH = 30

9/21

8/22

Renaissance

RA:127/130

FH:133/140

RCT

Cui [5]

RCS

52.5 ± 9.3

54.1 ± 10.2

N = 41

RA = 16

FH = 25

1/15

6/19

TiRobot

RA:61/64

FH:85/100

Lin [11]

RCS

NA

NA

N = 52

RA = 24

FH = 28

11/13

13/15

TiRobot

RA:124/132

FH:145/158

Tian [12]

RCS

NA

NA

N = 58

RA = 28

FH = 30

18/10

19/11

Renaissance

RA:150/160

FH:144/170

Zhang [10]

RCS

40.23 ± 12.19

42.88 ± 10.31

N = 46

RA = 22

FH = 24

12/10

15/9

TiRobot

RA:120/128

FH:107/134

  1. FH freehand group, NOS Newcastle–Ottawa Scale, RA robot-assisted group, RCT randomized controlled trial, RCS retrospective cohort study