At NASS, Dynamic Stabilization Grabs Audiences
This article was originally published in Start Up
Executive Summary
At this year's North American Spine Society meeting, disc replacement was all the rage, particularly given the FDA's approval, the day before the meeting started, of the first such device to be sold in the US. But the real buzz at the meeting was about a new approach to degenerative spine problems, dynamic stabilization, that could threaten the disc replacement revolution before it even begins.
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