News on Spinal Motion Preservation
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Recent Spinal Motion Preservation News
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RENEW Interspinous Allograft Technology for the Treatment of Lumbar Spinal Stenosis
RENEW Implant is an interspinous process device made from allograft for the treatment of lumbar spinal stenosis. Designed for ease of implant and to provide a more natural interference within the spinous process.
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Complex Spinal Fusion Procedures: Increased Risk of Complications?
A study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association this week suggested higher rates of complications and higher costs for Medicare patients, who undergo complex spinal fusions.
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What is Lumbar Spinal Stenosis?
Lumbar Spinal Stenosis is defined as the narrowing of the spinal canal, which may place pressure on the spinal cord or nerves.
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coflex Interlaminar Technology: Minimally Invasive Non-Fusion Implant
The coflex technology is a minimally invasive, non-fusion implant that allows movement of the spine in both flexion and extension, while providing interlaminar stabilization, foraminal distraction and facet distraction.
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Training Facility Opened for Minimally Invasive Lumbar Decompression Procedure to Treat Lumbar Spinal Stenosis
Vertos Medical was founded in 2005 to develop a percutaneous method for lumbar spine decompression to treat patients with lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS), a degenerative, age-related narrowing of the lower spinal canal. Its first proprietary platform technology, is called mild or Minimally Invasive Lumbar Decompression.
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FDA Advisory Panel Votes to Not Approve OP-1 Putty for the Treatment of Lumbar Spondylolisthesis
An FDA advisory panel voted 6-1 that Stryker’s PMA for its OP-1 Putty for uninstrumented posterolateral fusion for the treatment of lumbar spondylolisthesis was not approvable. Stryker was seeking this approval based on 24 months of clinical outcome data and 36 month CT scan and reoperation rates
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X-STOP: A Less Invasive Treatment Option for Spinal Stenosis?
Patients suffering from lumbar spinal stenosis could benefit from a new surgical implant called the X-STOP.
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TOPS System: Alternative to Spinal Fusion
The TOPS system is designed to stabilize the spine after decompression without the need for fusion.
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TOPS Less Invasive Spine System
Impliant has conducted the first surgery in the US using a less-invasive version of its Tops system, a total posterior arthroplasty device designed to treat spinal stenosis with or without facet arthrosis and spondylolisthesis.
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Facet Solutions Unveils New Joint Reconstruction System
Facet Solutions combined their Anatomic Facet Replacement System (AFRS) with a semi-constrained disc replacement product to create a a total joint replacement device for the lumbar spine.
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