Tissue distraction device

TL;DR: In this article, the authors describe devices and methods for implantation of an orthopedic device between skeletal segments using limited surgical dissection, which are used to adjust and maintain the spatial relationship(s) of adjacent bones.

TL;DR: In this article, a trans-sacral axial instrumentation/fusion (TASIF) axial bore through vertebral bodies in general alignment with a visualized, anterior or posterior axial Instrumentation/Fusion line (AAIFL or PAIFL) is presented.

TL;DR: In this paper, an initial distraction system for creating an initial distractor corridor, and an assembly capable of distracting from the initial distraction corridor to a secondary distraction corridor and thereafter sequentially receiving a plurality of retractor blades for retracting from the secondary distraction corridors to thereby create an operative corridor to the surgical target site, both of which may be equipped with one or more electrodes for use in detecting the existence of (and optionally the distance and/or direction to) neural structures before, during, and after the establishment of an operational corridor.

TL;DR: An expandable support device for tissue repair is disclosed in this article, which can be used to repair hard or soft tissue, such as bone or vertebral discs, and a method of repairing tissue is also disclosed.

TL;DR: In this article, a spinal implant is disclosed which when placed within the spinal disc space stabilizes that spinal segment and materially participates in, and is incorporated in, the ensuing fusion.

TL;DR: In this paper, an intervertebral disc prosthesis is proposed to replace a natural intervein disc and to restore the normal intervertesbral spacing without complete loss of flexibility of the spinal joint.

TL;DR: Percutaneous vertebroplasty provided significant pain relief in a high percentage of patients with osteoporotic fractures and provided spinal stabilization in patients with malignancies but did not produce consistent pain relief.

TL;DR: An expandable, porous fabric implant for insertion into the interior of a reamed out disc which is packed with material to stabilize the spinal segment is described in this article, where the fabric pores allow for tissue ingrowth the implant.