How Good Is Minute Man?
Started by drusso
I haven’t heard much about it.. I do find the fact that the XR strongly resembles a watch inserted in the rectum quite amusing at first glance.
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Can I be the guy to go ahead and do it?
Here we go - Lemme ask my wife; she is an expert at the Minute Man!
HA!
Here we go - Lemme ask my wife; she is an expert at the Minute Man!
HA!
It reimburses less than Vertiflex. For the right case it looks to be solid.
It’s billed as a spinal fusion, around 2k. Vertiflex only pays a few hundred dollars.
Its marketed as a less invasive fusion but why are no surgeons doing it. You’d think they would adopt it if it paid the same and was less invasive.
Its marketed as a less invasive fusion but why are no surgeons doing it. You’d think they would adopt it if it paid the same and was less invasive.
Why adopt?
Sorry, facility side.
It’s called efficiency...
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I guess the question is how does it compare with x stop, vertiflex and other intraspinous ligament implants. I personally use MILD first line at the stenotic level. Epidurogram for confirmation of decompression. Good outcomes and minimal post OP pain. Plus I don’t get money to plug Vertos... independent review .
Typically, I select bilateral single level as my experience gets refined. Epidurograms are easy for all of us, plus it really provides visual proof of the posterior element decompression. I’d use the epiduogram , however most are not .
I think two level bilateral is reasonable Vs. say a two level laminectomy/foraminotomy. I don’t believe we destabilize the spine with only posterior decompression. The data is still indeterminate as to when to redecompress, repeat levels above, etc.
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Lots of drama on LinkedIn about minuteman
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Link!
I saw this on LinkedIn today and thought it might be relevant. Seems like the surgeons don't think it's a good long-term solution and may in fact lead to adjacent segment disease down the road from reading this comments
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Edit: just ignore all the fighting but there are some key points about the device itself
#minimallyinvasivespinesurgery #interventionalpainmanagement #minuteman #spinesurgery | Rutvij Shah, MD MPH | 90 comments
Minimally invasive interspinous fusion is a skillset that can treat someone’s long-standing complaint in an effective manner without too much tissue disruption from an open surgery. The case shows an objective evidence of how the disc degeneation was not only prevented but also reversed with...
Edit: just ignore all the fighting but there are some key points about the device itself
Yikes. I think I will just stick to posting an occasional kypho pick. Probably start using the hashtag #kyphokingokc to mess with Doug.
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Wait, fusing the spine leads to adjacent segment disease? Holy crap! Fusions don't lead to a good long term solution for stable spines? I'm shocked!
Disturbing to fuse someone for a disc herniation, if the commenters are correct about that. Could have had a microdiscectomy instead, probably with a smaller scar.I saw this on LinkedIn today and thought it might be relevant. Seems like the surgeons don't think it's a good long-term solution and may in fact lead to adjacent segment disease down the road from reading this comments
#minimallyinvasivespinesurgery #interventionalpainmanagement #minuteman #spinesurgery | Rutvij Shah, MD MPH | 90 comments
Minimally invasive interspinous fusion is a skillset that can treat someone’s long-standing complaint in an effective manner without too much tissue disruption from an open surgery. The case shows an objective evidence of how the disc degeneation was not only prevented but also reversed with...
Edit: just ignore all the fighting but there are some key points about the device itself
That post just irritated the cr@p out of me. So many issues.
Fusing a stable spine for a disc herniation, saying “put the data aside for a moment,” and likening the minuteman/MIS pain-spine procedures to TAVR.
Fusing a stable spine for a disc herniation, saying “put the data aside for a moment,” and likening the minuteman/MIS pain-spine procedures to TAVR.
MIS, the Minuteman, and Fusion: Is This a Good Idea? - Regenexx
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