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The Education Department is pleased to announce that another International course was successfully completed on February 26th and 27th in San Diego, USA.

The course was focused on degenerative cervical disc diseases and minimal invasive techniques with 16 attendees and 4 faculty members from 6 different countries.

Spineart announces that it has recently received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. FDA to market the PERLA® posterior cervico-thoracic fixation system. The system is intended for stabilization of spinal segments as an adjunct to fusion of the cervical spine (C1 to C7) and the thoracic spine (T1 to T3). PERLA® features a comprehensive implant range including preferred angle lateral mass and smooth shank screws, as well as nine different types of connectors for greater flexibility intraoperatively. Transitional rods (CoCr or Titanium) are available to extend the construct to the lumbar spine. In accordance with the Spineart philosophy, the instrument set is ultra-compact and features multi-functional instruments.

All Spineart implants, including the entire PERLA® range, are sterile packed and barcoded for increased safety, procedure compliance and cost-efficiency. For additional product information and distribution opportunities, please contact us at contact@spineart.us.

The BAGUERA®- C cervical disc replacement has now been performed on two patients in the Cayman Islands by Drs. Lowell Stanley and Matthew Philips. Dr. Stanley is a graduate of the University of Kentucky Medical School and trained in neurosurgery at University of Texas Southwestern Medical School. Dr. Philips graduated from Yale University School of Medicine and completed his residency and spine fellowship at The University of Pennsylvania. The surgeries were performed at the Georgetown Hospital in conjunction with Cayman Brain and Spine and the Cayman Spine Centre, a state of the art facility dedicated to the treatment of spine conditions with particular focus on cervical surgical conditions.

Since 2007, more than 13.500 BAGUERA® C have been implanted successfully worldwide. The success of the BAGUERA® C can be attributed to its main key features such as its anatomical shape, shock-absorption, guided mobile nucleus and MRI compatibility.

All Spineart implants are sterile packed and barcoded for increased safety, procedure compliance and cost-efficiency.

Held in the reputed Nisa private Clinic, this course brought together 25 Neuro and Trauma surgeon from all over Andalucía: Seville, Cadiz, Huelva, Cordoba, Malaga and Granada.

This course was hosted by three of the most experienced MIS surgeons in Spain who monitored the practical cadaver sessions and the theoretical lectures, which included several discussion on clinical cases. The audience was diverse and included both experts and novice surgeons who shared their experience with MIS techniques.

Spineart SA participated in the largest healthcare exhibition in the Middle East and Asia on January 24-28 in Dubaï. The 2016 meeting showcased SCARLET®AC‐T and TEKTONA® (Vertebral Compression Fractures device), our last innovative products.

We used this conference as an opportunity to meet with our distributors from the Middle East and new partners in the area.

We are already making plans to participate in the 2017 meeting which will be hosted on January 30-February 2.

Feel free to contact Mr Emmanuel SURCIN, Senior Sales Manager EMEA, for further information at esurcin@spineart.com.

Dr Juan M. Valdivia, MD, FAANS, successfully corrected an adult deformity with a novel hybrid construct technique, using ROMEO®2 and ROMEO®2 MIS systems. The procedure, performed in 2 stages, involved the placement of lateral interbody devices at L1-L3.

The pedicle screw placement was performed with an open technique (midline incision) at T11- L1; at L2-L5 the screws were placed with a minimally invasive technique (percutaneous) and then fixated with a percutaneous rod. A MIS Smith Petersen-type osteotomy was performed to allow percutaneous correction of the coronal deformity, as well as a percutaneous coronal in-situ bending.

This combination of techniques allowed Dr Valdivia to complete the procedure with minimal blood loss in a patient presenting with a BMI of 48.

Dr Valdivia, after the case commented: ‘” I have chosen to perform the hybrid construct with the ROMEO®2 because ease-of-use and efficiency is the trademark of the system, even in a complex procedure. The reduction towers and the ROMEO®2 25D screws allowed me to perform a better derotation maneuver”.

Dr Valdivia is currently working at the Tampa BayCare Brain and Spine Institute, FL.