I don't know the approval status of the other spacers. Check out
http://globalpatientnetwork.com/devices
This is a work in progress... still a little lame, but you'll find x-stop, wallis, coflex there.
Here is an article about all of them:
http://www.spine-health.com/treatmen...rocess-spacers
One of the early Coflex surgeries I observed (back when it was still called the Fixano-U) was interesting because the surgeon didn't decide until he got in there, which device he'd use.
I wrote about it here:
http://www.adrsupport.org/forums/f51...pinous-u-7994/
Last edited by mmglobal; 08-07-2010 at 01:13 AM.
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