Enrico Tessitore
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8
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696
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About
Enrico Tessitore is a neurosurgeon and spinal surgery researcher whose work has significantly advanced the field of robotic-assisted spinal instrumentation. He is best known for his rigorous comparative studies evaluating the safety and accuracy of robot-guided pedicle screw placement against conventional fluoroscopy-guided and freehand techniques, research that has collectively accumulated over 600 citations and helped establish evidence-based benchmarks for adopting robotic technology in spine surgery. Tessitore's landmark studies using the SpineAssist (Mazor) system — both for degenerative lumbar disease and, notably, for metastatic spinal pathology where osteolysis complicates screw placement — demonstrated meaningful advantages in surgical precision and patient safety. This body of work helped legitimize robotic guidance in oncological spine surgery, an underexplored area at the time. His broader intellectual contributions span the principles of robotic arm guidance systems, the role of robotics in improving overall surgical outcomes, and innovations in cranio-vertebral junction surgery. He also led the ambitious multicentre EUROSPIN protocol, establishing a framework for prospective, large-scale evaluation of pedicle screw revision rates across robotic, navigated, and freehand techniques across Europe. Through both clinical research and editorial leadership — including an introductory publication on robotics in neurosurgery — Tessitore has been a consistent voice shaping how neurosurgeons understand and integrate emerging technologies.
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- 4Introduction. Robotics in neurosurgery44 citations · 2017
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- 6Role of Robotics in Improving Surgical Outcome in Spinal Pathologies17 citations · 2020
- 7Novelties for increased safety in cranio-vertebral surgery: a review4 citations · 2023
- 8The Robotic Arm Guidance Systems: Principles and Indications2 citations · 2017