The Firebird Deformity Correction System offers even greater options for patients with spinal deformity. When surgically treating a variety of thoracolumbar and sacral pathologies, the Firebird Deformity Correction System offers additional implant and instrument options needed to perform complex spine procedures.
Benefits:
Implants:
- CoCr rods for stiffness and strength
- Closed heads for strength at the end of a long construction
- Large diameter bone screws for iliac fixation
- Offset options for surgeon preference
- Reduction heads for rod reduction without the use of a dedicated reduction instrument
- Mono-axial screws for direct vertebral rotations
- Uniplaner screws facilitate rod placement for vertebral rotation
- Multi-axial screw heads with 50° cone of angulation facilitate rod placement
- Hook options to match anatomical variations
About Spinal Deformity
Scoliosis is an abnormal curvature of the spine that can occur in any age group. Scoliosis is a coronal plane (i.e. side to side) deformity occurring in children, adolescents, and adults. Symptoms vary with age of onset and severity of the curvature; cosmetic problems including sitting imbalance, breathing difficulty or delayed development is common findings in infants and young children. A rib hump, pelvic or shoulder height imbalance tend to common in the adolescent group. Intractable back pain, sciatica, leg weakness or numbness and gait difficulty are common reasons for surgical correction in adults.
Kyphosis is seen when a person’s spinal balance has moved too far forward to allow the spine to effectively carry the body weight without progressive deformity, pain or neurologic loss of function. Patients typically walk in a forward flexed posture being unable to stand up straight. This condition can also occur along with scoliosis causing Kyphoscoliosis.
About Orthofix
Orthofix International N.V. is a global medical device company focused on musculoskeletal healing products and value-added services. The Company’s mission is to improve patients’ lives by providing superior reconstruction and regenerative musculoskeletal solutions to physicians worldwide. Headquartered in Lewisville, Texas, the Company has four strategic business units: BioStim, Extremity Fixation, Spine Fixation, and Biologics. Orthofix products are widely distributed via the Company’s sales representatives and distributors. For more information, please visit www.orthofix.com.