How Spinal Surgery History Was Made Through a Tiny Tube (Texas Back Institute)
On Saturday, December 13, 2014, another spine surgeon from Texas Back Institute made history. Dr. John Peloza performed the first FLXfit™ surgery in the United States, implanting one of the world’s first 3D expandable interbody cage. This surgery is a dramatic evolution of minimally invasive, spinal fusion procedure. How does this differ from the traditional fusion surgery?
“The FLXfit™ Expandable Cage is an improvement because it covers a large surface area of the disc space and it expands in the front of the disc space, creating lordosis,” Dr. Peloza notes. “This is one of the first intradiscal devices that does this through a minimally invasive approach.”
“What makes it unique is that it can go in through a tube,” he said. “Therefore, it works with a very minimally invasive approach, allowing for less muscle damage and quicker recovery for the patient.”
This animation shows how the FLXfit™ 3-D Expandable Cage is used for spinal fusion.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kg-f92vK6FA
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