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Spinal radiosurgery – efficacy and safety after prior conventional radiotherapy
Conventional external beam radiotherapy is a standard procedure for treatment of spinal metastases. In case of progression spinal cord tolerance limits further radiotherapy in pre-irradiated areas. Spinal stereotactic radiotherapy is
New LigaPASS, a unique ligament connector to perform derotation!
MEDICREA® introduces the LigaPASS connector. The LigaPASS is a unique, patented device designed to compliment Medicrea’s comprehensive Thoracic and Lumbar posterior fixation system PASS LP®, by providing an alternative anchorage
Post-market study underway on the Luna Interbody Spacer System for Degenerative Disc Disease
Benvenue Medical, Inc., a developer of minimally invasive solutions for spine repair, is actively enrolling patients in the Luna Interbody System for Fusion Trial (LIFT). The Luna Interbody Spacer System
mediRod – New kind of pedicle screw system from Medicon eG, Tuttlingen
On the occasion of SPINEWEEK Amsterdam 2012 Medicon eG, Tuttlingen launches “mediRod” the new pedicle screw system for thoracic and lumbar spine. mediRod was developed in cooperation with Dr. Heinrich
Vexim Cohesion® Bone Cement
Cohesion® Bone Cement is a PolyMethyl MethAcrylat (PMMA) implant with specific and unique prop- erties used for the Fixation of fractured vertebral bodies. Especially in the case of complex fragmented
REAL TIME Intraoperative Implant Verification
InCT™: fast, low radiation, intra-operative verification of implant placement, based on standard OR equipment. Mazor Robotics’ InCT™, the latest feature of Renaissance™ Surgical Guidance Robot, enables surgeons to intraoperatively verify
Study highlights depression as predictor in revisional spine surgery outcomes
What if a spine surgeon could predict patient outcomes by doing a simple, pre-op psychological test? A longitudinal study published in the March 2012 issue of The Spine Journal has
Study shows that new magnetically-controlled growing rods can treat scoliosis in children without repeated invasive surgery
A first-in-man study published by The Lancet shows that new magnetically-controlled growing rods can treat scoliosis in children by being extended using a non-invasive technique as their spine grows, without
High-strength silk scaffolds improve bone repair
Biomedical engineers at Tufts University’s School of Engineering have demonstrated the first all-polymeric bone scaffold material that is fully biodegradable and capable of providing significant mechanical support during repair. The
Scientists discover genes that increase the risk of osteoporosis and fractures
Researchers at the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, have identified the genetic variations that are believed to cause osteoporosis. The study, published in Nature Genetics and involving
