Abstract:

With increased life expectancy and an aging population, many patients suffering from progressive lumbar spinal stenosis with symptomatic neurogenic intermittent claudication (NIC) have been limited to a choice between nonsurgical therapies or a more traumatic decompressive surgical procedure, with or without lumbar fusion. The interspinous process decompression (IPD) system, the X-STOP® implant, was developed to provide a minimally invasive alternative therapeutic treatment of lumbar spinal stenosis. The X-STOP® IPD system, surgical indications, operative techniques, and the potential complications and their avoidance are described and discussed herein.

Authors:

John C. Chiu, M.D., F.R.C.S. (U.S.), D.Sc., California Center for Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery, California Spine Institute Medical Center, Newbury Park, CA

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