SpineGuard’s PediGuard Successful in Preventing Pedicle Screw Misplacements in Clinical Trial

SpineGuard announced that its PediGuard device successfully identified an impassable cortical pedicle isthmus in 34 pedicles in a prospective clinical analysis of 50 patients with cervical spine disease, according to data presented by principal investigator Heiko Koller, MD, PhD, at the 5th Annual Meeting of the Cervical Spine Research Society-Asia Pacific Section in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.

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The decision to stop pedicle screw tract preparation based on a signal from the PediGuard device in 34 pedicles was later confirmed appropriate, based on analysis of postoperative CT scans.

 

SpineGuard is a medical device company focused on improving spine surgery safety. Its PediGuard device is a handheld device capable of alerting surgeons to potential pedicular or vertebral breaches.

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