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Posterior oblique lumbar arthrodesis

  • US 6,626,905 B1
  • Filed: 08/02/2000
  • Issued: 09/30/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/02/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A surgical procedure for stabilizing an intervertebral joint between adjacent first and second vertebral bodies, said first and second vertebral bodies each having a first lateral side and a second lateral side on opposite sides of a sagittal plane passing through a midline of said first and second vertebral bodies, the procedure comprising a step of:

  • anchoring a first pedicle screw into said first lateral side of said first vertebral body;

    anchoring a first pedicle screw into said first lateral side of said second vertebral body;

    forming an implant bore between said adjacent first and second vertebrae for receiving an intervertebral implant; and

    inserting an intervertebral implant having a longitudinal axis into said implant bore, said longitudinal axis of said intervertebral implant oriented oblique to said sagittal plane.

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