A neurosurgeon from Hospital AIR — based in the Villahermosa, Tabasco region of northern Mexico — performed the nation's first spine surgery utilizing VTI's InterFuse device.
Here are five key points:
1. Dr. José Antonio Pedrero Gil performed the lumbar fusion procedure on a patient with Grade 2 spondylolisthesis.
2. At the three-month follow-up, the patient was without pain and walking normally.
3. VTI partnered with Mexico-based BioMedical Technologies in September 2016 to offer less-invasive surgical solutions to surgeons in the country.
4. The lateral expandable device offers a large footprint, inserted via a minimally invasive posterior to tranforaminal with an angled approach of 0 degrees to 35 degrees.
5. VTI is based in Minneapolis.