What equipment is used for a spinal fusion?

In an instrumented spinal fusion, instruments–rods, plates, screws, cages, and/or hooks–hold the bones in place while they fuse. The instruments are generally made of titanium, stainless steel, or cobalt chrome. Screws or hooks are inserted into the weakened vertebrae, as well as into adjacent healthy vertebrae.

What material is used for back surgery?

Today, the materials that have been most commonly used include stainless steel, titanium, cobalt chrome, nitinol (a nickel titanium alloy), tantalum, and polyetheretherketone in rods, screws, cages, and plates.

What equipment is needed for a laminectomy?

Standard cervical laminectomy equipment includes self-retaining retractors, osteotomes, high-speed handheld drills, rongeurs, and punches. Although not always required, surgical loupes and microscopes can be used to aid in visualization and improved illumination.

What are cages in spinal surgery?

If you plan to opt for spinal fusion surgery to treat your neck or lower back pain, your surgeon will likely place an interbody cage in your spine. The cage serves as a space holder between your affected vertebrae and allows bone to grow through it, eventually becoming a part of your spine.

What is microsurgery for the spine?

Lumbar disc microsurgery, or microdiscectomy, is a technique in which a part of a compromised disc in the lumbar spine is removed. This procedure is performed when severe symptoms do not improve with modalities such as rest, heat, ice, physical therapy, and medication.

What is an interspinous device?

Abstract. Interspinous posterior device (IPD) is a term used to identify a relatively recent group of implants used to treat lumbar spinal degenerative disease. This kind of device is classified as part of the group of the dynamic stabilization systems of the spine.

What is a cage in spinal surgery?

The intervertebral fusion cage is a large, hollow cylinder made of some type of metal, usually titanium. It is designed as a “cage” so that bone graft can be placed inside the hollow cylinder to allow a spinal fusion to occur between two vertebrae.

What is a spinal decompression surgery?

What is spinal decompression surgery? Spinal decompression surgery is performed to relieve lower back pain or other symptoms caused by compression of the spinal cord or the spinal nerves.

What is Harrington rod?

The Harrington rod was a stainless steel spinal instrument that was implanted in the patient along their spinal column to treat a curvature in their spine starting in the 1960s. Harrington rods were the most common tool used for scoliosis to treat instability and deformity of the spine.

Are rods used in spinal fusion?

During spinal fusion, your surgeon places bone or a bonelike material within the space between two spinal vertebrae. Metal plates, screws and rods may be used to hold the vertebrae together, so they can heal into one solid unit.

Is cobalt used in back surgery?

The metal has been a preferred material for implant surgeries, particularly total hip replacement, because it is tolerated well by the body. In the spine, cobalt chrome is used with some artificial disc replacement devices but otherwise has had limited usefulness.

What is PEEK interbody device?

PEEK spinal cages, also termed interbody fusion cages, are used in spinal fusion procedures to replace a damaged spinal disc and provide an ideal environment for two vertebrae to fuse together. Fusion is indicated when the spine is affected by a degenerative disorder or when it sustains an injury.

What are spinal rods?

A rod is a metal cylinder implant used in spinal surgery to stabilize a vertebral segment. In a spinal fusion surgery, a rod is used to connect screws inserted into adjacent vertebral bodies in order to prevent motion and allow fusion to occur across the disc space.

How is spinal surgery performed?

The surgeon makes an incision (cut) over the affected section of spine down to the lamina (bony arch of your vertebra), to access the compressed nerve. The nerve will be pulled back towards the centre of the spinal column and part of the bone or ligament pressing on the nerve will be removed.

What is a Coflex device?

The Coflex device can be used to treat LSS and is a single-piece titanium implant that is stable, strong, and flexible enough to give your spine the support it needs. It provides spinal stability without the invasiveness and loss of mobility associated with spinal fusion.