PERCUTANEOUS TRANSPEDICULAR ACCESS, FUSION, DISCECTOMY, AND STABILIZATION SYSTEM AND METHOD

摘要

Apparatus and methods for accessing an inferior vertebra, a superior vertebra,and a disc space therebetween via a transpedicular approach in the inferiorvertebra that may include creating a channel normal to the pedicle and usingan offset guide to create a second transpedicular channel at an angle to thefirst, normal pedicle channel where the second transpedicular channel passesinto the inferior vertebra, superior vertebra, or the disc space therebetween.