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  2. Spinal fusion - Wikipedia

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    Spinal fusion, also called spondylodesis or spondylosyndesis, is a surgery performed by orthopaedic surgeons or neurosurgeons that joins two or more vertebrae. [1] This procedure can be performed at any level in the spine (cervical, thoracic, lumbar, or sacral) and prevents any movement between the fused vertebrae.

  3. TOPS System - Wikipedia

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    Premia Spine developed the TOPS System and initiated a US trial to compare it with the traditional transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (TLIF) procedure. Under the Investigational Device Exemption (IDE) study by the FDA, the system was available to a limited number of U.S. patients at select hospitals and institutions. [7]

  4. Tessys method - Wikipedia

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    The TESSYS method (transforaminal endoscopic surgical system) is a minimally-invasive, endoscopic spinal procedure for the treatment of a herniated disc.It was a further development of the YESS method by the Dutch Dr Thomas Hoogland in the Alpha Klinik in Munich in 1989 and was first called THESSYS (Thomas Hoogland EndoScopic SYStem).

  5. NuVasive's New TLIF Implant Broadens Spine Surgery Option - AOL

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  6. NuVasive - Wikipedia

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    The NuVasive approach to Minimally Invasive Surgery (MIS) was a new surgical platform called Maximum Access Surgery (MAS). The flagship procedure is the XLIF (eXtreme Lateral Interbody Fusion) procedure, a minimally disruptive procedure that allows spine surgeons to have direct access to the intervertebral space from the side of the body, as ...

  7. Instrumented posterior lumbar interbody fusion - Wikipedia

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    Instrumented posterior lumbar interbody fusion (iPLIF) is a common spinal fusion surgical technique for addressing low back pain resulting from degenerative lumbar spine disorders. [1]

  8. Upper-limb surgery in tetraplegia - Wikipedia

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    Upper-limb surgery in tetraplegia includes a number of surgical interventions that can help improve the quality of life of a patient with tetraplegia. Loss of upper-limb function in patients with following a spinal cord injury is a major barrier to regain autonomy.

  9. Microsurgery - Wikipedia

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    Microsurgery is a general term for surgery requiring an operating microscope.The most obvious developments have been procedures developed to allow anastomosis of successively smaller blood vessels and nerves (typically 1 mm in diameter) which have allowed transfer of tissue from one part of the body to another and re-attachment of severed parts.