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  2. Total disc replacement - Wikipedia

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    The Charité, a mobile core device for use in the lumbar spine, was approved first, in 2004, but is no longer in use. prodisc, the longest continually used disc replacement device in the US, is a fixed core device manufactured by Centinel Spine and was approved in 2006 for the lumbar spine with a cervical device approved in 2007.

  3. Interbody fusion cage - Wikipedia

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    An interbody fusion cage (colloquially known as a "spine cage") is a prosthesis used in spinal fusion procedures to maintain foraminal height and decompression. They are cylindrical or square-shaped devices, and usually threaded.

  4. VESTAKEEP® PEEK-Based Spinal Implant Receives FDA 510 ... - AOL

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    VESTAKEEP® PEEK-Based Spinal Implant Receives FDA 510(k) Approval DiFusion Technologies' Xiphos™ ALIF Gains Interbody Fusion Device Clearance PARSIPPANY, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Xiphos™ ALIF ...

  5. TOPS System - Wikipedia

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    Premia Spine TOPS System is an FDA-approved mechanical implant that serves as an alternative to lumbar interbody fusion surgery after decompression. It was developed by Impliant and commercially launched by Premia Spine.

  6. Halo-gravity traction device - Wikipedia

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    Halo-gravity traction (HGT) is a type of traction device utilized to treat spinal deformities such as scoliosis, [1] [2] congenital spine deformities, cervical instability, basilar invagination, and kyphosis. [3] It is used prior to surgical treatment to reduce the difficulty of the following surgery and the need for a more dangerous surgery.

  7. Harrington rod - Wikipedia

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    Harrington rods used in spinal fusion. The Harrington rod (or Harrington implant) is a stainless steel surgical device. [1] Historically, this rod was implanted along the spinal column to treat, among other conditions, a lateral or coronal-plane curvature of the spine, or scoliosis. Up to one million people had Harrington rods implanted for ...

  8. Failed back syndrome - Wikipedia

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    A large study of spinal stenosis from Finland found the prognostic factors for ability to work after surgery were ability to work before surgery, age under 50 years, and no prior back surgery. The very long-term outcome (mean follow-up time of 12.4 years) was excellent-to-good in 68% of patients (59% women and 73% men).

  9. Interspinous process decompression - Wikipedia

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    Orthopaedic spine surgeon [ edit on Wikidata ] Interspinous process decompression , or IPD, is a minimally invasive surgical procedure in which an implant is placed between the spinous processes of the symptomatic disc levels.

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