NUVASIVE GETS FIRST FOUR-LEVEL CERVICAL FUSION CLEARANCE (Orthopedics This Week)
NuVasive, Inc. announced on March 29, 2017, that it is the first company to receive clearance from the FDA for intervertebral body fusion for up to four contiguous levels in the cervical spine.
Due to cervical radiculopathy and myelopathy secondary to cervical degenerative discs in adult patients, more than 200,000 cervical surgical procedures are performed in the U.S. each year, according to the American Association of Neurological Surgeons.
The FDA clearance is for the company's CoRoent Small Interbody System, w...
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