Dr. Taggard is director of spinal and neurotrauma at CRMC and associate professor of neurosurgery at the University of California San Francisco in Fresno.
The Matrixx system, launched March 31, is a 3D-printed titanium cage approved for use in the cervical and thoracolumbar spine in skeletally mature patients.
The device aims to replace a diseased or damaged vertebral body. It is also designed for reconstruction after a corpectomy to achieve decompression of the spinal cord and neural tissues in degenerative disorders.
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