SpineJack kypho

[deleted131481]

Anyone doing SpineJack in place of traditional balloon kyphoplasty? Thoughts?

Haven't dug in too deep, but supposedly similar efficacy and fewer adjacent fractures.

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[pmrmd]

Doesn't make financial sense for office or ASC right now. HOPD only.

 

[lobelsteve]

Probably will get trained next year. Looks like fun, but more time consuming than kypho.

 

[NJPAIN]

I have a NS in my area that does tons of Kypho. I’ve seen some great results in terms of height restoration with SpineJack in his hands.

 

[Gnarvin]

I am trained on Spine Jack but haven’t done any yet. It is more involved than traditional kypho but not crazy. For kypho I will usually go extrapedicular/parapedicular to get bilateral spread through unilateral access. SpineJack you need to go transpedicular bilaterally every time. So it is a bigger time commitment and I am not sure if the reimbursement is more for the
Physician than a normal kypho. Cool idea and product tho. I will do some soon I am sure.

 

[Crybaby]

Anyone with a lot of experience on retropulsion and the spinejack? The rep and one of the local guys that does a lot felt that retropulsed fragments could reduce some with vertebral height restoration. I feel a bit more skeptical.

 

[p1at0]

The pedicles are often too narrow to use this. I have yet to find an appropriate case, based on pedicle dimension. Looking retrospectively also, my population has narrow pedicles.

 

[RoloTomassi]

The pedicles are often too narrow to use this. I have yet to find an appropriate case, based on pedicle dimension. Looking retrospectively also, my population has narrow pedicles.

What's min pedicle size?

 

[Crybaby]

5mm