Here are five key points:
1. The HEMI device is a low-profile plate that cross connects a transfacet pedicle screw on the ipsilateral side of a micro-decompression to a translaminar pedicle screw on the contralateral side.
2. It aims to provide rigid bilateral fixation and it is manufactured from titanium.
3. Dr. Sandhu is a professor of neurosurgery and director of spine surgery at Medstar Georgetown Hospital in Washington, D.C.
4. He performed the HEMI case at Medstar Southern Maryland Hospital in Clinton.
5. LinkSPINE’s Facet-Link Stabilization Platform is intended for treatment of spondylolisthesis, degenerative disc disease and degeneration of the facets with instability.
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