Posterior Cervical fusion technique involves the fusion of more than two vertebrae to prevent unwanted motion of the discs or the compression of posterior spaces between the cervical vertebrae. Posterior Cervical Fusion is a procedure intended for the stabilization of the cervical spine through a posterior approach. The procedure is commonly performed using hooks, plates, screws and rods as an adjunct to the fusion. Posterior cervical fusion is performed to treat instabilities which arise from: degenerative disc disease, spondylolisthesis, spinal stenosis, fracture/dislocation, atlantoaxial fractures with insatiability, occipito-cervical dislocation, revisions of previous cervical spine surgery and tumors.
Is the Posterior Cervical Fusion Market Attractive?
The posterior cervical fusion is a type of cervical fusion surgery, that accounts the 15% to the cervical devices market share. Although it is still an small segment of the overall Spinal market, it is growing due to the increasing prevalence of osteoarthritis and rheumatoid and the rising aging population. The estimated market value of the posterior cervical fusion is $350M and it is a quite attractive niche for most of the Spine Companies which have already launched Posterior Cervical Systems.
7 Systems to Know
We have identified more than 25 devices in the market that we will publish in the following weeks.
Today we start with 7 Posterior Cervical Systems to know since they have been developed by the main key players in the global posterior cervical fusion market: https://thespinemarketgroup.com/category/posterior-cervical/.
- Medtronic: Vertex Reconstruction
- DepuySynthes:Synapse
- Nuvasive:Vuepoint
- Globus Medical: Quartex
- Stryker: Oasys
- Zimmer Biomed:Lineum
- Spineart: Perla
No mention of the urich medical USA neon 3?
Dear Steve, thank you for your comment and for following us! we will publish about neon3 and many others next week. We will include 25 devices but today (as it is mention in the post) we only publish 7.
How about Aesculap , it most complete than all
SpineWave has the best PCF I’ve seen. The same system can insert both favored angle and translational screws, and the favored angle is much easier to take advantage of than Virage by Zimmer. The screws go from 3.8-5.5 and accept a 3.5 or 4.0 ti or cobalt chrome rod. My favorite so far!!!!
CoreLink is hands down one of the top PCF systems on the market. The reduction options, screws sizes and the quality of the instrumentation sets these system above most in my opinion.
SeaSpine Sierra featuring the extended tab screw saves time with rod reduction.
Reduction instruments and screws in the c-spine? I’d say this is necessary in well below 10 percent of these cases. Couple tiny bends in the rod going to T1 T2 is about it
Q. What is ‘general’ consensus regarding screw backout /loosening at the Occiputal plate region, particular the actual plate screws rather than the rod anchor/features?
& with this considered… what are the views on bi-cortical screw fixation around the protruberance area?
Will you publish info about Zimmer Biomet’s Virage OCT system?
Thank you for your comment. We published about Zimmer Virage OCT yesterday.