Medacta International introduced the MySpine Midline Cortical Pedicle Screw Placement Guide to its MySpine portfolio.
Here are five things to know.
1. MySpine MC can be used in inpatient and outpatient settings.
2. It is designed to provide a muscle-sparing approach to posterior lumbar surgery. The MySpine MC technique uses CT-based preoperative planning with a more caudomedial entry point than traditional pedicle screw trajectories and a less caudal-cranial angle than cortical bone trajectory.
3. The technique is intended to avoid interference with the cranial facet joints and is designed to accommodates larger screw diameters and lengths, with four points of cortical bone purchase for enhanced biomechanical fixation.
4. Intraoperative utilization of 3D-printed guides for pedicle may reduce radiation exposure.
5. Nima Salari, MD, of Scottsdale Shea Medical Center and Jeffrey Henn, MD, of Lee Memorial Hospital in Fort Myers, Fla., performed the first U.S. procedures using MySpine MC in May 2018.
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