Issue release date: 12.11.2024
2Bakirkoy Training and Research Hospital for Psychiatric and Nervous Diseases, Department of Neurosurgery, Istanbul, Turkey
3Toledo University, Departments of Bioengineering and Orthopaedic Surgery Colleges of Engineering, Toledo, USA DOI : 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.23227-18.1 AIM: To show the preliminary clinical results of the Orthrus modular dynamic stabilization system that is a new instrumentation system intended for degenerative diseases of the lumbar spine.
MATERIAL and METHODS: The system utilizes two different types of screws that can be used in conjunction with different types of rods such as titanium, carbon fiber or PEEK. The first type of screw is a double headed screw to interconnect to the upper and lower level with independent rods. The second type of screw is a sliding screw to be used on a immovable vertebrae that allows movement in two planes on the tip.
RESULTS: The system has been used on 36 patients with pathology varying from degenerative disc disease to degenerative lumbar scoliosis. Satisfactory results have been obtained in a all 36 patients in the 12-month follow-up period.
CONCLUSION: The Orthrus dynamic system shows better clinical results than the available dynamic systems on the market. It also proves to provide similar fusion with considerably less postoperative morbidity which makes it a better method to treat adult degenerative spine diseases for carefully chosen patients.
Keywords : Adult lumbar deformity, Degenerative disc disease, Lumbar degenerative stenosis, Lumbar degenerative spondylolisthesis