Robot-assisted MIS surgery in a pregnant woman with lumbar traumatic fracture: A technical note.

The occurrence of a vertebral fracture in a pregnant woman presents unique challenges in terms of diagnosis and therapeutic. Managing such cases requires multidisciplinary collaboration to minimize x-rays and preserve fetus development while ensuring efficient treatment of the fracture in the mother. We report the case of an 18 y/o primiparous woman at 20 weeks of gestation who suffered a polytrauma without neurological deficit. Full body CT-scan reported an A2 M1 (AO Spine Classification) fracture of L3 and an A1 fracture of L2. In this situation, both patient positioning and irradiation were challenging. The surgeons, anesthesiologists and physicists discussed the pros and cons between conservative treatment and various types of surgery (open technique, percutaneous). A left lateral decubitus robot-assisted percutaneous L2-L4 osteosynthesis was performed. We depict the procedure as well as the patient outcome and follow-up.