2007 Treatment Of Lumbar Spinal Stenosis With Interspinous Process Decompression System

Description: John C. Chiu: Treatment Of Lumbar Spinal Stenosis With Interspinous Process Decompression System (IPD) (X-Stop®). The Internet Journal of Minimally Invasive Spinal Technology. 2007. Volume 1 Number 1.
Lumbar spinal stenosis is most common reason for back surgery in patients over the age of 50 in America. With increased life expectancy, and the aging of baby boomers, many patients suffering from progressive lumbar spinal stenosis with symptomatic intermittent neurogenic claudication (NIC) have been limited to a choice between non-surgical therapies and more traumatic decompressive surgical procedure, with or without lumbar fusion. The interspinous process decompression system (IPD) (X-STOP®) implant was developed to provide a minimally invasive alternative therapeutic treatment of lumbar spinal stenosis.
The X-STOP® interspinous process decompression system, surgical indications, operative techniques, case illustrations, outcome and the potential complications and their avoidance are described and discussed herein.