Spine Surgery Applications
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This technology has applications across several surgical fields, and many more are being explored. The primary ways in which the ArthroCare® Coblation® technology works include:
- Tissue ablation: the removal of a defined volume of tissue in a surgical procedure.
- Hemostasis: the coagulation or cauterization of tissue in order to stop bleeding or hemorrhage.
- Spine / interventional therapies:
- Decompression of disc material to treat symptomatic patients with contained herniated discs
- Creating a cavity in a malignant lesion in a vertebral body
Advantages of Coblation Technology
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Coblation technology functions at cooler temperatures than other radiofrequency-based technologies, generating tissue temperatures of 40-70°C versus other technologies such as electrocautery that generate tissue temperatures of 400-600°C.
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Coblation technology is more precise than other radiofrequency-based technologies, allowing the surgeon to ablate the tissue in a specific area with minimal effect to the surrounding tissue. Plasma is only 100-200mm thick around the active electrode.
