Here are three things to know:
1. Jeffrey Miller, MD, the hospital’s medical director of neuroendovascular surgery and co-medical director of the stroke program, used SpineJack at the hospital Nov. 6.
2. The SpineJack procedure involves a titanium implant resembling a small scissor jack, which surgeons deploy into the fractured vertebral body. Once in place, the SpineJack is expanded to lift the compressed vertebra and restore it to normal height.
3. The minimally invasive procedure uses two implants, one on each side of the vertebral body, which are locked into the desired position. Surgeons then inject bone cement to stabilize the vertebra.
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