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Accelerating Autograft Maturation in Instrumented Posterolateral Lumbar Spinal ...  -  ‎Nov 3, 2009‎
Ortho SuperSiteSome reports advocate substituting bone morphogenic protein (BMP) for iliac crest bone autograft, but in posterolateral lumbar spinal fusion, ...

Spinal fusion surgery over-servicing  -  ‎Nov 8, 2009‎
6minutesFigures from NSW show that rates of lumbar spinal fusion have increased three fold in the private sector since 1997 but only by 2% in public sector. ...

Facet Solutions Enrolls 100th Patient in US Pivotal IDE Study  -  ‎Nov 9, 2009‎
Earthtimes (press release)...has developed ACADIA(TM) to provide patients with lumbar spinal stenosis and facet degeneration a motion preserving alternative to lumbar spinal fusion. ...

Baptist Briefs: ABP honors longtime editor  -  ‎Oct 30, 2009‎
Dallas Baptist StandardAfter his fourth lumbar spinal fusion in 2008, at age 53, he informed board members he would begin a 90-day sick leave and transition into permanent ...

href=http://backandneck.about.com/b/2009/07/06/bone-graft-material-bmp-how-does-it-affect-spinal-fusion-outcomes.htm"Bone Graft Material BMP - How Does It Affect Spinal Fusion Outcomes?  -  ‎Jul 6, 2009‎
About.com Back and Neck Pain SiteBMP was approved by the FDA in 2002 for lumbar spinal fusion surgery. To date, there have been no studies yielding national level data about how much or the

href=http://www.smartbrief.com/news/advamed/storyDetails.jsp?issueid=DFBE2E07-5A46-4D18-92CA-BFD59248CDCC&copyid=456E909C-7994-4A14-B425-D79C0A0C37D9"VG Innovations reports widespread use of spine device  -  ‎Jul 8, 2009‎
SmartBrief...additional funding to develop and market VerteLX, a device designed to treat conditions that require patients to undergo lumbar spinal fusion surgery.

href=http://www.ogemawherald.com/detail/81273.html?content_source=&category_id=1&search_filter=&list_type=&order_by=&order_sort=&content_class=1&sub_type=&town_id=7"Local Department of Army civilian employee recovering from injury ...  -  ‎Jul 8, 2009‎
Ogemaw County HeraldAs a result of the injury, Dvonch had to have a surgical procedure completed called a lumbar spinal fusion, which included a bone graph from his pelvic bone

DBAJ highlights the role and significance of Physiotherapy in ...  -  Jan 20, 2009
AME Info,...between the stability that lumbar spinal fusion provides and the motion that lumbar artificial disc replacement provides is a very important decision.

Questions and answers on the marketing authorisation for Opgenra  -  Oct 24, 2008
PharmaLive.com (press release),At that point in time, the CHMP was of the opinion that the benefits of Opgenra for posterolateral lumbar spinal fusion in adult patients with

Drug and Therapeutics Update  -  Nov 9, 2008
OnMedica,...from Howmedica International S. de RL for posterolateral lumbar spinal fusion in adult patients with spondylolisthesis where autograft has failed or is

Tadpole system as new lumbar spinal instrumentation  -  Sep 11, 2008
7thSpace Interactive (press release),Methods: The Tadpole system lumbar spinal fusion is a hook-and-rod system according to which the spine is stabilized using 2 sets of 2 spinous processes

Woman battling back pain is now fighting her insurance company  -  Sep 15, 2008
St. Louis Post-Dispatch,The neurosurgeon then suggested an operation, a lumbar spinal fusion. This happened over a period of several months. Voss was still working,

New surgical procedure offers back pain relief  -  Sep 2, 2008
News 8 Austin,According to the American Journal of Neuroradiology, lumbar spinal fusion procedures were first used to treat individuals with misaligned spines or

Orthofix International Announces Expansion of Product Offerings  -  Sep 5, 2008
MarketWatch...vertebrae or as a partial vertebral body replacement, without the need for supplemental internal fixation, during lumbar spinal fusion procedures.

Orthofix wins approvals for new orthopedic devices  -  Sep 8, 2008
Pharmaceutical Business Review...vertebrae or as a partial vertebral body replacement, without the need for supplemental internal fixation, during lumbar spinal fusion procedures.

BAPTIST BRIEFS: News service editor steps down  -  Sep 11, 2008
Dallas Baptist Standard,The surgery—a fourth lumbar spinal fusion—was the latest of more than a dozen medical procedures Warner has undergone in an effort to relieve back pain that

Orthofix devices obtain approvals in the US, Japan  -  Sep 9, 2008
SmartBrief,Pillar SA spine interbody device, which is designed to eliminate the need for supplemental internal fixation during lumbar spinal fusion surgeries.

Use of rhBMP in Cervical Fusion Linked to Serious Adverse Events  -  Jul 2, 2008
Medscape (subscription)It is also approved as an alternative to autograft in compromised patients requiring revision posterolateral (intertransverse) lumbar spinal fusion for whom

Questions and Answers on Recommendation for the Refusal of the ...  -  Jun 26, 2008
PharmaLive.com (press release),At that point in time, the CHMP was of the opinion that the benefits of Opgenra for posterolateral lumbar spinal fusion in adult patients with

TranS1 climbs after FDA approves lumbar fusion device  -  Apr 29, 2008
CNNMoney.comNEW YORK (Associated Press) - TranS1 Inc. shares jumped in Tuesday afternoon trading after the company's AxiaLIF 2L lumbar spinal fusion system was approved

Facet Solutions, Inc. Completes Combination Facet Joint and Disc ...  -  May 5, 2008
FOXBusinessSystem (AFRS(TM)) to provide patients with lumbar spinal stenosis and facet degeneration, a motion preserving alternative to lumbar spinal fusion.

Facet Solutions, Inc. Appoints Industry Veteran to Board of Directors  -  May 2, 2008
PR Newswire (press release),System (AFRS(TM)) to provide patients with lumbar spinal stenosis and facet degeneration, a motion preserving alternative to lumbar spinal fusion.

It's a stretch: Back-pain sufferers seek relief in therapy under ...  -  May 14, 2008
commercialappeal.com (subscription),There's similar debate over studies of lumbar spinal fusion, a common surgery for extreme low back problems in which two or more vertebrae are bound

RTI Biologics initiated with "buy"  -  Mar 20, 2008
newratings.com,...mentions that the company is scheduled to launch several new product offerings in 2008, with two new lumbar spinal fusion products expected in 1H08.

The back pain is gone, but financial headaches created...COMMENT ...  -  Jan 25, 2008
Standard Freeholder,The report also noted that a Bayesian meta-analysis found lumbar ADR to be 79 per cent superior to lumbar spinal fusion. Irven said spinal fusion would have

New Spinal Fusion Method for Degenerative Disc Disease  -  Dec 12, 2007
Nurse.com,During the learning period, patients who require a one-level lumbar spinal fusion (L2 to S1) and who might benefit from the addition of the OptiMesh®

nearly 9% prevalence of scoliosis found in adults more than 40 ...  -  Nov 2, 2007
Ortho SuperSite,...held here. the study included patients older than age 40 and excluded those who had prior lumbar spinal fusion. the group had an average age of 60.8



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