Spine
Update from the OSSTF
Expert spine surgeons of the AO Technical Commission's Osteoporotic Spine Surgery Task Force and specialists in endocrinology and bone health developed White Papers which are based on literature review and expert opinion and give recommendations for osteoporotic spine surgery in three key focus areas.
Recently approved solutions in Spine:
Teligen System
Facilitating access, enhancing visualization, and combining the best of tubular retractors and endoscopy.
SYNJECT Cement Delivery System
A hydraulic-based system to reduce radiation exposure to surgeons during cement injection.
CONDUIT™ Interbody Platform
Demonstrating advancement in cage technology using 3D printing.
Symphony OCT System—Compartment 2
To address surgical and technical concerns in an aging population with suboptimal bone quality.
Symphony OCT System
An enhanced set of instruments and implants for posterior fixation of the upper spine, solving unmet clinical needs in fixation in poor bone quality, deformity correction, and revision surgery.
Case report - Symphony for complex C-spine revision surgery
Launched in November 2019, the Symphony OCT System is an enhanced set of instruments and implants for posterior fixation of the upper (cervico-thoracic) spine. The use of Symphony is described in a complex cervical spine revision surgery case below. The patient is a 67-year-old woman with neck pain and C8 radiculopathy, who had undergone multiple cervical revision surgeries over the last 20 years.
