{"id":388251,"date":"2026-01-24T16:12:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-24T16:12:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/388251\/"},"modified":"2026-01-24T16:12:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-24T16:12:10","slug":"less-invasive-robot-surgery-to-speed-up-recovery-in-middlesbrough","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/388251\/","title":{"rendered":"Less invasive robot surgery to speed up recovery in Middlesbrough"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">New robot technology for &#8220;keyhole&#8221; spinal surgery will increase accuracy and improve outcomes for patients, hospital bosses said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">James Cook University Hospital in Middlesbrough said it will be the first in the region to introduce the \u00a31m equipment next month, and that an hour-long operation would take &#8220;minutes&#8221; and be less invasive.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The ExcelsiusGPS will use 3D scans to help surgeons perform spinal implants reducing the risks of complications as well as recovery time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Consultant spinal neurosurgeon Simon Tizzard said: &#8220;I think it is a major step forward for patients in terms of what it&#8217;s going to be able to deliver for them, their recovery, the overall experience and safety.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"New robot technology for &#8220;keyhole&#8221; spinal surgery will increase accuracy and improve outcomes for patients, hospital bosses said.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":388252,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[102,2960,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-388251","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-healthcare","tag-health","tag-healthcare","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/388251","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=388251"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/388251\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/388252"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=388251"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=388251"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=388251"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}