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Gallery of Medical Devices - Thoracic and Lumbar Spine continued


By Tim B. Hunter, MD and Mihra S. Taljanovic, MD, PhD

 

Medical Devices of the Lumbar Spine continued....

Lumbar spine disk spacers at L4-5 and L5-S1 Lumbar spine fusion and metal-on-polyethylene disk replacement at L4-5 and L5-S1
Lumbar spine disk spacers Lumbar spine disk spacers Lumbar spine fusion and metal-on-polyethylene disks Lumbar spine fusion and metal-on-polyethylene disks
59 year-old woman with past history of spinal surgery. 31 year-old man with chronic low back pain. In addition to the total disk replacements at L4-5 and L5-S1 there is also a laminectomy from L4 to S1 with posterolateral bony fusion masses and pedicle screws with connecting rods on each side.
Metal-on-polyethylene total disk replacement at L4-5 Metal-on-polyethylene total disk replacement at L4-5 and L5-S1
Metal-on-polyethylene disk replacement Metal-on-polyethylene disk replacement Lumbar spine total disk replacements at L4-5 and L5-S1 Lumbar spine total disk replacements at L4-5 and L5-S1
46 year-old woman with degenerative disk disease. There is also a ligamentous fixation screw at L4. 47 year-old man
Zero-Profile lumbar fixation L2-L5
Zero-profile ALIF Zero-profile ALIF Zero-profile ALIF Zero-profile ALIF CT
45 year-old woman with L2-5 anterior lumbar interbody fusion (ALIF) for low back pain. The lateral views are respectively in neutral and flexion positions. The CT images are selected slices in the coronal and sagittal planes, respectively.
Zero-Profile lumbar fixation L2-L4 Extreme lateral interbody fusion (XLIF)  
Zero-profile ALIF CT XLIF AP view XLIF lateral view  
Same patient as above - 45 year-old woman with L2-5 anterior lumbar interbody fusion (ALIF) for low back pain. Images from Nuvasive  
Kyphoplasty Thoracic insufficiency syndrome (TIS) devices
Vertebral Balloon Augmentation System (kyphoplasty) Confidence kyphoplasty system Vertebral titanium expandable rib Expandable titanium rib
Vertebral Body Balloon (VBB) System (DePuy Synthes) for vertebral augmentation procedures (kyphoplasty). © DePuy Synthes 2016.  All rights reserved. Vertebral Body Balloon (VBB) System is a trademark of DePuy Synthes. Confidence Spinal Cement System for kyphoplasty. © DePuy Synthes 2016.  All rights reserved. CONFIDENCE SPINAL CEMENT SYSTEM® is a trademark of DePuy Synthes. These are two examples of VEPTR-VEPTRII Vertical Expandable Prosthetic Titanium Rib (DePuy Synthes). © DePuy Synthes 2016.  All rights reserved. VEPTRII™ is a trademark of DePuy Synthes.

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