The Orthofix technology case presentations demonstrate spinal fusion in patients at risk for non-union. Orthofix Spinal Fusion Stimulators generate a Pulsed Electromagnetic Field (PEMF) signal that stimulates bone cell growth at the molecular, cellular and tissue levels creating an environment more conducive to bone healing in patients at risk for a failed spinal fusion.
A 52-year-old female smoker presents with progressive worsening of her neck pain and radiculopathy that is affecting her work as a chief financial officer. She has worsening arm numbness and tingling with ...
Since the ACDF, she has experienced chronic neck pain. New symptoms have developed during the past 4 months. Using the visual analog scale (1 to 10, with 10 being the worse pain imaginable) she grades her pain as 10/10 in severity.
