Journal of Spine

Jochen Tuettenberg

Publications

• Research Article
  Dynamic Intraspinous Stabilization reduces Spinal Mobility After Bilateral Laminotomy
  Author(s): Marin Guentchev, Levente Peter, Christian Preuss, Martin HM Sailer and Jochen TuettenbergMarin Guentchev, Levente Peter, Christian Preuss, Martin HM Sailer and Jochen Tuettenberg
  
  Dynamic stabilization devices were developed to reduce spinal hypermobility while preserving a certain degree of physiological motion. Our goal was to assess radiographic and clinical outcomes of patients treated with surgical decompression and stabilization with the LimiflexTM implant. We investigated the effect of LimiFlex implantation on post-operative translation and angulation in 36 patients with spinal stenosis and degenerative spondylolisthesis Meyerding Grade I treated with decompression and dynamic stabilization. Significant improvements following lumbar decompression were observed. The average Oswestry Disability Index (ODI) score fell from 45.9 Pre-operatively to 29.6 at dismissal and 26.5 at first follow up. The average visual analog scale (VAS) score fell from 7 Pre-operatively to 3 at dismissal and 3 at follow up. Pre-operatively the median translatio.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2165-7939.1000366

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