Chiu John C
Department of Neurospine Surgery, California Center for Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery, California Spine Institute Medical Center, Newbury Park, CA, USA.
Surg Technol Int. 2006;15:265-75.
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.
随着预期寿命的延长和人口老龄化，许多患有症状性神经源性间歇性跛行（NIC）的进行性腰椎管狭窄症患者只能在非手术治疗或更具创伤性的减压手术（有无腰椎融合）之间做出选择。棘突间减压（IPD）系统，即X-STOP植入物，旨在为腰椎管狭窄症提供一种微创替代治疗方法。本文将描述并讨论X-STOP IPD系统、手术适应症、手术技术以及潜在并发症及其避免方法。
