Lordotic spinal implant

Details Lordotic spinal implant Lordotic spinal implant

1997-07-29

2000-09-19

Yu, Mickey

Surgery

Instruments

Orthopedic instrumentation

606 79, 623 1711, A61B 1700, A61F 244

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061205060

ABSTRACT:
A lordotic implant has a frusto-conical shape with external threads. Prior to placement of the implant, vertebrae are distracted in a manner to provide a desired lordosis between the vertebrae. The pre-distracted vertebrae are then tapped to provide a tapped bore having a geometry matching the conical geometry of the implant. The threaded implant is then placed within the pre-tapped conical bore.

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Bernardt, Normal Spinal Anatomy: Normal Sagittal Plan Alignment, Textbook of Spinal Surgery, Second Edition, Chapter 16 (pp. 185-191), Bridwell et al. editors, Lippincott-Raven Publishers, 1997.

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