METHOD AND DEVICE FOR SPINAL STABILIZATION

METHOD AND DEVICE FOR SPINAL STABILIZATION

A method and device for percutaneously mating a spinal connecting rod to spinal screws utilizing guide wires Numerous embodiments are descnbed whereby a connecting rod is passed over a guide wire through the skin and into the heads of spinal screws An exemplary method comprising approximating a spin...

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1. Verfasser: SONG, JOHN K
Format: Patent
Sprache:eng ; fre
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MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE
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Zusammenfassung:A method and device for percutaneously mating a spinal connecting rod to spinal screws utilizing guide wires Numerous embodiments are descnbed whereby a connecting rod is passed over a guide wire through the skin and into the heads of spinal screws An exemplary method comprising approximating a spinal connecting rod adjacent to spinal fixation devices by placing one or more guide wires into the vertebra, followed by placing one or more spinal fixation devices over one or more guide wires and fixating them in or to the vertebra, and then sliding the connecting rod over one or more guide wires to mate with one or more spinal fixation devices.