Enhance Lumbar Fusion Procedure with CONCORDE Device?

I’ve heard about the CONCORDE implant from Depuy Spine, and I’m wondering what you know about the new CONCORDE Bullet Vertebral Body Replacement device from the company? What is it designed to do?

Answer:
The CONCORD Bullet Vertebral Body Replacement is designed with a “bullet” shaped nose, meant to allow easier insertion. The bullet shape allows surgical placement of the device with less manipulation of the adjacent vertebral bodies.

It also has pyramidal “teeth” which prevent anterior migration of the device, as sometimes occurs with posterior or minimally invasive surgical procedures. The Bullet can also be placed obliquely across the midline to create 5 degrees of lordosis.

“The CONCORDE Bullet takes the proven clinical success of the CONCORDE implant and improves on it with the bulleted nose and lordotic options,” said Wade M. Ceola, M.D., of the Springfield Neurological and Spine Institute in Springfield, MO. “These are important innovations that enhance lumbar fusion procedures.”

Since its release last July, over 2,000 CONCORDE Bullet devices have been implanted.

Source: DePuy Spine

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