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Vexim: Two New Implants (written by Elizabeth Hofheinz @ Orthopedics This Week)
A certain minimally invasive (MI) French company now has maximum coverage of the spine…Vexim, an enterprise specializing in the MI anatomical treatment of vertebral compression fractures, has just added two new implant sizes to its SpineJack range of implants. The new sizes (measuring 6.5 mm and 4.2 mm in diameter) will be added to the standard 5 mm size, meaning, says the company, that the SpineJack can to be used to treat almost all vertebral fractures of the spine.
The SpineJack is a titanium implant (5 mm in diameter and 25 mm in length) that covers 80% of spinal column fractures (vertebrae TH10 to L5). It is inserted into a patient’s vertebra via a transpedicular, minimally invasive approach (just one or two 5 mm skin incisions). A specialized set of instruments is used to prepare the vertebra for the X-ray-guided insertion of one or two implants, depending on the anatomical configuration of the fracture and the degree of reconstruction required. Once this step has been completed, bone cement is injected into the restored vertebra in order to secure the vertebral structure and ...
