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Jacking Up Vertebral Compression Fractures
What else but SpineJack would you call a titanium implant that
resembles a tiny scissor jack and restores a fractured vertebral body
to its normal height? Instead of a kyphoplasty balloon, the surgeon
inserts SpineJack into the fractured vertebral body and locks it into
the desired expanded position before injecting bone cement to stabi-
lize the restored vertebral body. Two implants are used, one on each
side of the vertebral body. Available in Europe for a decade and FDA-
approved in September.
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