Tag: lumbar
Vertebral Bone Quality Score a strong predictor of pedicle screw loosening...
The vertebral bone quality (VBQ) score is an influential factor associated with lumbar pedicle screw loosening, and a higher VBQ score is significantly correlated...
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...
ChoiceSpine launches Harrier standalone anterior lumbar interbody fusion system
ChoiceSpine has announced the full market release of its next-generation Harrier standalone anterior lumbar interbody fusion (ALIF) system.
Harrier SA is a 3D-printed standalone screw-based...
First surgical cases completed using Life Spine’s Dyna-Link titanium with barb...
Life Spine has announced that the first surgical cases using its Dyna-Link titanium device with barb fixation have been completed. The Dyna-Link titanium stand-alone...
VySpine announces FDA clearance for LumiVy lumbar IBF system
VySpine has received 510(k) clearance from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its LumiVy lumbar IBF system which is designed for use...
AxioMed closes in on FDA approval of its lumbar viscoelastic total...
AxioMed has moved closer towards achieving US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval of its lumbar viscoelastic total disc replacement after submitting PMA Module...
Postoperative neurological deficit linked to intraoperative somatosensory-evoked potential changes
Patients who have postoperative neurological deficit following lumbar spine surgery are 22 times more likely to have exhibited intraoperative somatosensory-evoked potential (SSEP) changes. This...
Low education and low income are “clear independent contributors” to poorer...
Low educational attainment and low income status are clear independent contributors to poorer outcomes following lumbar spine surgery, a new study, published in The...
Premia Spine’s Tops spinal arthroplasty system yields positive patient outcomes
Intermediate clinical study results, which were presented at the Society for Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery (SMISS) annual meeting (28–30 October, Las Vegas, USA) by...
Early surgical decompression is recommended for patients with foot drop in...
Early surgical decompression after foot drop is beneficial in terms of recovery rate and neurological improvement when compared with late surgery. This is according...
Patients experience improvement in pain during sexual activity at one year...
A large proportion of patients undergoing surgery for lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS) experienced an improvement in pain during sexual activity at one year, according to the results of a...
Joimax receives FDA clearance to market 3D-printed titanium cages in the...
Joimax has received US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance to market the EndoLIF Delta-Cage and EndoLIF DoubleWedge-Cage—both of which are intended for intervertebral...
Patient education and new technologies can help reduce unnecessary and costly...
In an effort to reduce unnecessary patient interactions and associated costs following lumbar surgery, providers should utilise virtual visits or new technologies to monitor patient's postoperative...
MiRus receives FDA clearance for IO Expandable Lumbar Interbody
MiRus has announced that it has received US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) clearance for its IO Expandable Lumbar Interbody, a device which...
New study demonstrates long-term efficacy of prodisc L total disc replacement
Centinel Spine has announced findings of a new study that it says strongly support the long-term safety and effectiveness of its prodisc L total disc replacement...
New study demonstrates mild® procedure durability at five years
Vertos Medical has released the results of an independent, retrospective cohort study which found that 88% of lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS) patients avoided surgical...
Life Spine completes first surgical cases with TRULIFT Expandable Spacer System
Life Spine has announced the completion of the first surgeries with the TRULIFT Expandable Spacer System–a micro-invasive technology for use in transforaminal lumbar interbody...
4WEB Medical unveils new Lumbar Spine Plating Solution
4WEB Medical has announced the initial launch of its Lumbar Spine Plating Solution (LSTS-PS), with the first procedures performed by James Lynch, neurosurgeon and...
Look carefully at the types of patients being operated on for...
Factors characterising an indication for surgery in lumbar spinal stenosis
Outcomes following surgery for spinal stenosis present great variability, suggesting that patient selection could be...
UK’s NICE issues updated guidance on lateral interbody fusion procedures
Updated guidance has been published by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) in the UK for lateral interbody fusion in the...
Two-year USA IDE clinical study follow-up completed for AxioMed Viscoelastic lumbar...
All two-year follow up data for Axiomed’s USA lumbar Investigative Device Exemption clinical study has been collected and analysed, according to a company release.
Results...
US FDA clears Xtant Xsert expandable lumbar spacer
The US Food and Drug Administration has cleared Xtant Medical’s Xsert lumbar expandable interbody system.
The Xsert system is an all-titanium interbody device that can...
A positive attitude does not always lead to positive results in...
According to a new study presented at the 31st Annual Meeting of the North American Spine Society (NASS), high expectations of pain improvement before...