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RTI Biologics initiated with "buy"  -  Mar 20, 2008
newratings.com,...mentions that the company is scheduled to launch several new product offerings in 2008, with two new lumbar spinal fusion products expected in 1H08.

The back pain is gone, but financial headaches created...COMMENT ...  -  Jan 25, 2008
Standard Freeholder,The report also noted that a Bayesian meta-analysis found lumbar ADR to be 79 per cent superior to lumbar spinal fusion. Irven said spinal fusion would have

New Spinal Fusion Method for Degenerative Disc Disease  -  Dec 12, 2007
Nurse.com,During the learning period, patients who require a one-level lumbar spinal fusion (L2 to S1) and who might benefit from the addition of the OptiMesh®

nearly 9% prevalence of scoliosis found in adults more than 40 ...  -  Nov 2, 2007
Ortho SuperSite,...held here. the study included patients older than age 40 and excluded those who had prior lumbar spinal fusion. the group had an average age of 60.8

Stabilization of the Lumbar Spine Using the Dynamic Neutralization ...  -  Oct 11, 2007
Ortho SuperSite,The effect of pedicle screw instrumentation on functional outcome and fusion rates in posterolateral lumbar spinal fusion: a prospective,

Facet Solution's AFRS(TM) Implant Demonstrates Positive Clinical ...  -  Oct 15, 2007
PR Newswire (press release),...by Facet Solutions, Inc. to provide patients with lumbar spinal stenosis and facet degeneration a motion preserving alternative to lumbar spinal fusion.

Operations Remedy at TranS1 Corporation  -  Oct 17, 2007
Small and Midsize Business News (Pressemitteilung),Lumbar spinal fusion surgery is a common surgical treatment for low back pain caused by degenerative disc disease. Often it is effective in reducing pain,

Medicare won't cover back disc for older people  -  Aug 15, 2007
Reuters.uk,Both devices help mitigate back pain and are an alternative to lumbar spinal fusion surgery, in which bone grafts and other devices are used to bind two

DJO Incorporated Receives FDA Market Approval for Enhanced Patient ...  -  Aug 21, 2007
Business Wire (press release),The CMF SpinaLogic device is indicated as an adjunct electromagnetic treatment to primary lumbar spinal fusion for one or two levels.

New surgery will take that back pain away  -  Jul 12, 2007
Daily News & Analysis,...“So far, the only treatment for this kind of discogenic problem was lumbar spinal fusion, where two or more vertebrae are welded together to eliminate pain

US Medicare proposes no coverage for spinal discs  -  May 25, 2007
Reuters AlertNet,Both discs are used to help mitigate back pain and are an alternative to lumbar spinal fusion surgery, in which bone grafts and other devices are used to

Depuy Spine Introduces New Vertigraft® VG2® TLIF Allograft ...  -  May 23, 2007
Medical News Today (press release),...a new bone product designed to facilitate graft insertion and bone growth during transforaminal lumbar spinal fusion (TLIF) surgery.

No Preemption For J&J Against Charite Spine Surgery Victims  -  Apr 25, 2007
Lawyers and Settlements,J&J's main selling point is that disc replacement is more effective than lumbar spinal fusion surgery, where the damaged disc is removed and the vertebrae

Uninstrumented In Situ Fusion for High-Grade Childhood and ...  -  Mar 1, 2007
Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (subscription)The effect of pedicle screw instrumentation on functional outcome and fusion rates in posterolateral lumbar spinal fusion: a prospective,

BioSET Reports Patent Issuance, Product Development Advances, and ...  -  Feb 2, 2007
All American Patriots (press release),...half of 2007 to allow a controlled human study of the use of B2A-resorbable bone graft construct in instrumented lumbar spinal fusion applications.�

More tests ahead for spinal fusion  -  Nov 30, 2006
commercialappeal.com (subscription),A Medicare advisory committee called for new studies of lumbar spinal fusion procedures Thursday, showing doubt that the common surgery helps patients. ...

Straight talk on spines  -  Nov 29, 2006
commercialappeal.com (subscription),If you have persistent lower back pain, your doctor may recommend lumbar spinal fusion surgery, one of the most common procedures performed on the back. ...

US Medicare Panel to Review Spine Fusion Surgery  -  Nov 28, 2006
Medscape (subscription)..."The evidence for lumbar spinal fusion does not conclusively demonstrate short-term or long-term benefits compared with nonsurgical treatment," government ...



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