Publication:
Surgical Technology International XV - Orthopaedic Surgery
Article title:
Interspinous Process Decompression (IPD) System
(X-STOP®) for the Treatment of Lumbar Spinal Stenosis
Author(s)
John C. Chiu, M.D., F.R.C.S. (U.S.), D.Sc.
Director, Department of Neurospine Surgery
California Center for Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery
California Spine Institute Medical Center
Newbury Park, California
Abstract
With increased life expectancy and an aging population, many patients suffering from progressive lumbar spinal stenosis with symptomatic neurogenic intermittent claudication (NIC) have been limited to a choice between nonsurgical therapies or a more traumatic decompressive surgical procedure, with or without lumbar fusion. The interspinous process decompression (IPD) system, the X-STOP® implant, was developed to provide a minimally invasive alternative therapeutic treatment of lumbar spinal stenosis. The X-STOP® IPD system, surgical indications, operative techniques, and the potential complications and their avoidance are described and discussed herein.