Tag: fusion
Spinopelvic alignment should influence treatment option of grade I degenerative spondylolisthesis...
Lumbar laminectomy with fusion is superior to laminectomy alone in terms of health-related quality of life and reoperation rate at two years postoperatively for...
No association between operation type and incidence of revision surgery for...
There is no significant association between the type of index operation—decompression alone or decompression with fusion—and incidence of revision surgery or the outcomes of...
Astura Medical bags FDA 510(k) clearance for El Capitan Oblique ALIF...
Astura Medical has announced that it has received 510(k) clearance from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its El Capitan Oblique anterior...
Vertebral body tethering can help prevent fusion surgery of skeletally immature...
Vertebral body tethering (VBT) is a safe and efficacious technique in preventing skeletally immature idiopathic scoliosis patients from having fusion surgery, new research—published by...
Implanting standalone expandable cages following anterior cervical corpectomy and fusion is...
The use of a standalone expandable cage in the cervical spine after one or two-level anterior cervical corpectomy and fusion (ACCF) without additional posterior...
First implant in integrated spinal fusion and DRG neuromodulation proof-of-concept study
SynerFuse has announced the first implantation in the company's proof-of-concept study, which will evaluate the safety and tolerability of simultaneously implanting spinal fusion hardware and...
Artificial disc replacement has no long-term benefit over fusion following anterior...
There is no clear benefit associated with artificial disc replacement (ADR) compared with fusion surgery when it comes to patient satisfaction, sustainability, and protection...
Laminectomy plus instrumented fusion associated with higher costs and no superior...
Surgical treatment with instrumented fusion as an adjunct to laminectomy is not associated with superior long-term clinical outcomes compared with laminectomy alone for patients...
ReVivo Medical raises $2 million for FDA-sanctioned clinical trial
ReVivo Medical has announced that it has raised $2 million which will allow it to complete the 500 surgical procedures of its clinical trial.
Gary...
Revision PCDF has lower risk of ICU stay but higher hospitalisation...
Patients undergoing revision posterior cervical discectomy and fusion (PCDF) procedures had a decreased risk of required intensive care unit (ICU) stay but greater risk...
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Pierce Nunley, director of the Spine Institute of Louisiana (Shreveport, USA) and associate professor at LSUHSC Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, talks to Spinal News...
Arthroplasty and fusion offer similar results out to five years for...
Arthroplasty and fusion are comparable treatment options for cervical radiculopathy and have similar long-term efficacy, findings from a randomised controlled trial (RCT) have shown.
The data, which were...
Decompression alone is non-inferior to decompression with instrumented fusion out to...
Spinal decompression alone is non-inferior to decompression with instrumented fusion over a period of two years in patients with degenerative lumbar spondylolisthesis, according to...
Orthofix renews sponsorship of Olympic gold medalist and spine patient Laura...
Orthofix Medical has announced that it will continue its sponsorship of Olympic gold medalist and spine patient Laura Wilkinson as she undertakes her quest...
EDGe Surgical granted US patent for next-generation Awl-in-One Tap
EDGe Surgical has been granted a US patent for its next-generation Awl-in-One Tap device–a single-use spinal surgery instrument with disposable neuromonitoring electromyography (EMG) system...
Study shows reduced operating time and cost per case using Neo...
A new study published in Interdisciplinary Neurosurgery shows Neo Medical's controlled fixation platform saves costs due to significantly decreased expenses for processing, logistics, decreased...
Sirakoss granted CE mark for synthetic bone graft substitute
Sirakoss has been granted CE mark clearance in the European Union (EU) for Osteo3, a novel nanosynthetic bone graft substitute designed to improve patient...
Successful first in human for zLOCK spinal facet joint fixation system
The successful start of a first in human clinical study for the zLOCK spinal facet joint fixation system (ZygoFix) has been announced. The clinical...
IVANOS study reveals i-FACTOR bone graft use more than doubles fusion...
Level 1 evidence, presented at EUROSPINE 2018 in Barcelona, Spain, demonstrates that i-FACTOR peptide enhanced bone graft results in significantly higher rates of fusion...
Clinical benefits of minimally invasive spinal fusion appear to “diminish” as...
A recent study has concluded that the clinical benefits of a minimally invasive surgical technique appear to “diminish” as a function of fusion length....
Restorative motion surgery in the cervical spine: Reversing fusions and placing...
Todd H Lanman is a spine surgeon known for his work on the advancement of total disc replacement surgery and motion preservation. Following his own experiences...
Research highlights the importance of spinal alignment in all, not just...
The results of a report looking at the rates of spinopelvic malalignment in nearly 600 patients show that malalignment is common both before and...
Use of i-FACTOR peptide enhanced bone graft more than doubles fusion...
The use of i-FACTOR peptide enhanced bone graft (Cerapedics) resulted in a 50% fusion rate, compared to a 20% fusion rate using allograft in...
SpineFrontier receives FDA approval for A-CIFT SoloFuse HA standalone system
The A-CIFT SoloFuse HA (SpineFrontier) has received FDA approval.
The company states that the A-CIFT SoloFuse HA standalone system was produced “to leverage the familiarity...
Chronic opioids linked to increased complications after spinal fusion surgery
Patients who have been taking opioids as pain relievers for several months before spinal fusion surgery are at increased risk of complications after their...
Disability scores improve for all patients undergoing surgery with a Luna...
Positive interim results of a retrospective analysis of the Luna 3D multi-expandable interbody fusion system were announced by Benvenue Medical at the Annual Meeting...
Sugar nanostructures reduce BMP-2 requirements for fusion by 99%
Researchers from Northwestern University, Evanston, USA, have developed a type of supramolecular glycopeptide nanostructure which appears to be able to amplify BMP-2 signalling significantly....
Rigid, low-profile design ALIF system receives alpha release
Life Spine have announced that their Sentry plating system, which has been designed to improve lumbar stabilisation in anterior lumbar interbody fusion (ALIF) procedures,...
2 Rigid, low-profile design ALIF system receives alpha release
Life Spine have announced that their Sentry plating system, which has been designed to improve lumbar stabilisation in anterior lumbar interbody fusion (ALIF) procedures,...
Spineology initiates full market release of Elite expandable interbody fusion system
Spineology has initiated a full market release of the Elite expandable interbody fusion system. More than 300 cases have been completed using Elite to...
Chad Kolean appointed chief financial officer of Titan Spine
Titan Spine has appointed Chad Kolean as chief financial officer. In his role, Kolean will oversee Titan’s Finance Team and work to support the...
Case Series: Early clinical results for cervical and lumbar fusion
Timothy Bassett, MD, of SouthEastern Spine Specialists and Brad Prybis, MD of Carrollton Orthopaedic Clinic share their early clinical experience with interbody fusion devices...
First patient enrolled in long-term Infuse posterolateral fusion study
Medtronic has announced the launch of a long-term clinical study programme to collect prospective data on rhBMP-2 (Infuse) bone graft in posterolateral fusion (PLF)...
First US surgeries performed using 4WEB Medical’s Lateral Spine Truss system
The first surgeries using 4WEB Medical’s Lateral Spine Truss system have been performed across the USA. The lateral interbody fusion device is designed to...
Sonny Bal: Antimicrobial silicon nitride is an “ideal” substance for fusion...
Sonny Bal, president and chief executive officer of Amedica, spoke to Spinal News International at NSpine 2017 about the potential benefits of silicon nitride...
One hundred times less BMP-2 required for fusion using glycopeptide nanostructures
Northwestern University (Evanston, USA) scientists have designed a sugar-coated bioactive nanomaterial—sulfated glycopeptide nanostructures—that could prove to offer a new gold standard for bone regeneration.
“Regenerative...
US FDA approves IDE study for Premia Spine’s Tops system
Premia Spine has secured US Food and Drug Administration approval for its pivotal study of the new Tops system.
“We are excited about the opportunity to...
Amedica receives Australian clearance to commercialise Valeo silicon nitride spinal implants
Amedica has been granted marketing clearance for its Valeo interbody fusion devices in Australia.
The Valeo product line is made entirely of Amedica's proprietary medical...
Porous PEEK demonstrates greater osseintegration than micro-textured titanium
The virtues of polyetheretherketone (PEEK) as a material for spinal implants are well documented. PEEK’s radiolucency along with its similar strength and stiffness to...
Bridging bone found in 94% of Zyga SImmetry patients at 24...
Zyga Technology has released 24-month computed tomography (CT) fusion and clinical results for its SImmetry sacroiliac joint fusion system. This prospective, multicentre study evaluated...
Burst Biologics initiates prospective multicentre clinical study in spinal fusion
Burst Biologics has received institutional review board approval to begin a multicentre prospective clinical study in spinal fusion patients. This study will be conducted...
Multidisciplinary team approach can reduce spinal fusion overutilisation
Patients diagnosed with lumbar degenerative spine disease are more likely to receive the right care when a team of experts representing multiple medical specialties...
Sacroiliac joint fixation with screws leads to more revision than fusion...
A single-centre retrospective study of patients who had undergone sacroiliac joint fusion has compared revision rates between those who received fusion via titanium triangular...
DePuy Synthes introduces Zero-P Natural plate with allograft spacer for neck...
DePuy Synthes Spine has announced the launch of the Zero-P Natural plate to help maintain stability and support bone growth in spinal fusion procedures...
Bone Therapeutics reports positive efficacy data for Allob phase 2A spinal...
Bone Therapeutics has reported positive efficacy data for its phase IIA spinal fusion trial with Allob. Results of the first half of patients in...
Transpedicular interbody fusion: A new advancement in percutaneous spinal surgery
Today, transcutaneous spinal fixation is efficient in terms of solidity and reduction. Achieving real fusion remains a problem, however, as does the successful navigation...
AESCULAP® XP: Interbody fusion implants
AESCULAP®’s Plasmapore® titanium coating has evolved over the past thirty years. From its 1986 commercial introduction on the BICONTACT hip implant system to its 1995 application...
US FDA clears Spinal Simplicity Minuteman G3 hydroxyapatite-coated fusion device
Spinal Simplicity has launched a new generation of Minuteman G3 fusion device, featuring a US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-cleared coating of hydroxyapatite.
"Hydroxyapatite has...
Minimally invasive decompression surgery for lumbar spinal stenosis and spondylolisthesis
Decompression of lumbar spinal stenosis using the traditional laminectomy technique leads to good improvement of neurogenic claudication symptoms. However, impairment of facet joint and...