Study: Motion Preservation, Non-Fusion Advances Will Become Key Players as Spine Device Market Grows to $8.7B by 2018

A new report analyzing spinal surgery devices has found several types of advancing technology will increase over the next five years, joining spinal fusion devices as key market players, according to a Research and Markets analysis. Motion preservation technologies in non-fusion procedures will gain popularity and adoption in the coming years. These technologies to treat spinal degeneration will be designed with a greater understanding of spinal physiology, anatomy and biomechanics in mind.

Surgeons have begun further exploring non-fusion and motion-preserving technologies due to the physical restrictions and degeneration of adjacent segments spinal fusion can cause. Motion preservation allows the spine to be mobile and stable sooner after surgery than fusion.

Some examples of non-fusion technological advances include:
•    Artificial disc replacement
•    Dynamic stabilization
•    Interspinous process decompression

Minimally invasive spinal procedures will also continue to increase in use and popularity. Many of the non-fusion devices can be implanted using MIS approaches, which require smaller incisions and may limit complications from blood loss. Lasers, endoscopes and computer navigation systems will become more prevalent as physicians opt for less invasive approaches to common surgical procedures.

The global spine surgery device market is anticipated to grow at an annual rate of 4 percent from 6.5 billion in 2011 to $8.7 billion in 2018, according to the report's data.

Key players in the market will remain global companies, such as Medtronic, DePuy Synthes, Stryker, NuVasive, Orthofix, Zimmer Holdings, Globus Medical, Alphatec Holdings and B. Braun Medical.

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