While spinal fusion remains an accepted standard of care, fusion does have consequences. The elimination of motion by fusion at one level may cause adjacent segment disease and is one of the key consequences1 that motion preserving technologies like Stabilimax seek to prevent.
Incorporating a standard pedicle screw insertion technique, the Stabilimax Dynamic Spine Stabilization System is an investigational non-fusion platform utilizing a patented Dual-Spring mechanism that is intended to provide maximum stabilization to the spine while preserving motion.
Adjacent Segment Disease Following Lumbar/Thoracolumbar Fusion With Pedicle Screw Instrumentation: A Minimum 5-Year Follow-up
Cheh, Gene; Bridwell, Keith H.; Lenke, Lawrence G
Spine. 32(20):2253-2257, September 15, 2007