Tag: sagittal alignment

Surgeons fail to hit preoperative sagittal alignment goals in roughly a...

Surgeons failed to achieve their preoperative goal alignment of each sagittal parameter in approximately 25-30% of adult spinal deformity (ASD) patients and goal alignment...
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GALILEO spine alignment monitoring system receives FDA clearance

MiRus has announced US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) clearance of the GALILEO spine alignment monitoring system, a non-optical, wireless, real-time measurement system...
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Surgical intervention and sagittal alignment can influence postoperative frailty in cervical...

Optimal correction of sagittal alignment and improving a patient’s functional capacity can significantly influence postoperative frailty resolution, according to a recent study by Peter...

Atlas Spine launches expandable cervical interbody fusion device

Atlas Spine has announced the successful completion of its 50th surgical procedure and over 100 devices implanted with its new HiJak AC expandable cervical...

Dominique Rothenfluh: “We need to understand how the whole spine behaves”

Dominique Rothenfluh (Oxford, UK) discusses the importance of considering alignment in spinal surgery at NSpine 2017. The alignment of the entire spine, he explains,...