Four insights:
1. The TOPS System aims to restore motion of the spine in all directions by allowing the two vertebrae to continue moving, rather than locking them in a spinal fusion.
2. Thirty healthcare organizations in the U.S. are participating in the FDA investigational device exemption study.
3. Sixty-seven percent of patients in the study will undergo surgery with the TOPO System, with the rest undergoing a lumbar spinal fusion.
4. Marshall University is now enrolling patients for the study. Surgeries will be performed at Cabell Huntington Hospital in Huntington, W.Va.
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