This article is more than 5 years old. Information may no longer be current.

Medtronic launches new cervical surgical technique

Add topic to email alerts

Receive an email when new articles are posted on

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on .

Subscribe

Added to email alerts

You've successfully added to your alerts. You will receive an email when new content is published.

Click Here to Manage Email Alerts

You've successfully added to your alerts. You will receive an email when new content is published.

Click Here to Manage Email Alerts

Back to Healio

We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have this issue please contact customerservice@slackinc.com.

Back to Healio

Medtronic, Inc., announced the US launch of the Cervical FacetLiftSM ID/S surgical technique, the latest addition to the company’s cervical surgical technique portfolio.

According to a press release, the Cervical FacetLiftSM ID/S surgical technique is a procedure that indirectly decompresses the neural foramen and stabilizes the cervical spine. It is accomplished by placing structured allograft spacers into the posterior cervical facet joints.

Comprised of a small set of surgical instrumentation that will aid in the preparation of the facet joints and for the placement of the grafts into the joints, the technique increases the volumetric area of the exiting nerve root that may be compressed causing a neurological deficit and may reduce the bending direction of the cervical spine.