Lumbar spinal stenosis affects more than 4 million people in the USA alone, who are left with debilitating lower back pain even after conventional therapies, but do not wish to seek surgical intervention such as fusion.
So says a report on news channel wfmz.com, reporting on Applied Spine Technologies milestone of their 100th patient enrolled in the clinical trial of their Stabilimax NZ Dynamic Spine Stabilization System.
Sounds a bit of a mouthful, but to keep it simple, it's a device impanted in the lower back to support injured or degenerated spines.
Unlike spinal fusion the Stabilimax is designed to treat the patients leg and back pain whilst preserving motion in the spine, a more natural solution.
At the moment this device is at the evaluation and investigative stage only. The company is expecting to eventually enroll 400 participants in the trial, comparing the Stabilimax VZ treatment to spinal fusion surgery in patients with lumbar spinal stenosis.
This looks very promising. Read the unabridged version here.
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