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Different Interspinous Stabilization Systems: Market Evaluation

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Inaki Arrotegui

The interspinous spacers are those devices that placed between the spinous processes of contiguous vertebrae, act by dynamically stabilizing the vertebral segment in the sagittal plane. The principle of implanting a spacer between adjacent spinous processes was used by F. Knowles in the 1950s to discharge the posterior ring in patients with herniated discs and thus achieve pain relief [1,2]. Senegas et al. [3] who in 1986 designed a system of dynamic normalization stabilization (mechanical normalization system) to stiffen the degenerated lumbar segment operated, using an interspinous titanium block to limit the extension and a tension band (Dacron) around the spinous processes, to Secure the implant and limit bending. This implant, which was designed as the ... view more»

DOI: 10.4172/2577-0268.1000111

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