Study: AxiaLIF - Low Complications (written by Walter Eisner @ OTW)
A study published in the September issue of the SAS Journal says Trans1's AxialLIF's complication rate compares favorably to open fusion approaches.
Coverage
Is TranS1 finally going to get some love from insurance carriers that have balked at covering the procedure due to a lack of clinical evidence in peer reviewed journals? The company tells OTW that five papers have been accepted in peer review this year. This is the first to be published while more are coming related to efficacy.
Last January Humana Inc. changed its reimbursement policy to include coverage for the presacral approach at the same level as other interbody fusion surgeries.
Complication Rate Findings
The study, "Complications with axial presacral lumbar interbody fusion: A 5-year postmarketing surveillance experience," was conducted by Mukund I. Gundanna, M.D., Larry E. Miller, Ph.D. and Jon E. Block, Ph.D.
The researchers found a 1.3% overall complication rate in a retrospective analysis of 9,152 AxiaLIF patients. No deaths were reported.
AxiaLIF's complication rate compares well to the complication rates found in open fusion app...
