Musculoskeletal Key

Fig. 7.1 Different fabrics of percutaneous interbody cages (a) B-Twin expandable implant (b) standard PEEK interbody cage (c) Opticage model G2 (d) Opticage model G3 7.2 The Posterolateral Transforaminal Approach…

Fig. 12.1 Facet Wedge system feature s Development of a new device requires novel ideas to approach the facet joint and apply the suggested principles of fusion. A minimal invasive…

Fig. 13.1 Twenty-seven-year-old female, L3 burst fracture 4 months before, neurologically intact. Anterior column mechanical incompetence is seen in lateral view standing X-ray (a) and CT scan (b). Reconstruction is…

Fig. 2.1 Intraoperative image; the surgeon watching the patient’s anatomy on the navigation screen places the screw An external camera tracks all surgical instruments using a passive array (reflected sphere)…

Fig. 10.1 Comparison between the traditional trajectory and cortical bone trajectory. The entry point of CBT requires less soft tissue dissection compared with that of TT. (used with permission from…

Fig. 11.1 ASPEN interspinous fusion device 11.3.2 BacFuse (Pioneer) This device is used alone or as an adjunct to interbody fusion and/or posterior fusion with decompression in treatment from T1…

Fig. 5.1 MySpine custom-made guide. Each guide has on its surface indications of the level and screw dimensions. For each level the corresponding vertebral reconstruction is provided. This allows the…

Fig. 1.1 The basic methods of spinal navigation Fig. 1.2 The main differences between 2D fluoroscopy-based method and 3D CT-based method to navigate the spine. With fluoroscopy, the surgeon must…