Apparatus and method for spinal stablization

Details Apparatus and method for spinal stablization Apparatus and method for spinal stablization

1999-07-30

2000-12-05

Buiz, Michael

Surgery

Instruments

Orthopedic instrumentation

606 61, A61B 1756

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active

061560405

ABSTRACT:
A surgical method and apparatus for implanting a spinal fusion implant includes a rigid centering guide having a distal end sized to be inserted into the disc space with the guide extending along a longitudinal axis from a distal end to a proximal end. The guide includes a first external guide surface which extends at least partially between the distal end and the proximal end. The external guide surface is shaped complimentary to an external guided surface of a drill guide. The external guide surface and the guided surface are nested such that the guided surface slides against the external guide surface along a path of travel parallel to the longitudinal axis.

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Declaration of Paul M Sand.
Posterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion by Paul Lin (.COPYRGT.1982), pp. 114-124.
Spine: State of the Art Review, vol. 6, No. 1, Jan. 1992, pp. 175-200.

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