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Joint Meeting of Istanbul Spine Masters & ISMISS Turkey 2018 |
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A statement about motion-preserving spine stabilization
When stability of the spine is a concern, fusion is accepted as the gold standard to maintain spine stability and pain relief. In gross/overt instability, such as patients with trauma, the need for fusion surgery is quite clear. However, patients with degenerative conditions (such as lumbar stenosis, degenerative spondylolisthesis, degenerative scoliosis, painful degenerative disc disease and annular rupture with or without lumbar disc herniation) fusion surgery is an over-treatment, and should be kept as the last resort. Instead, motion-preserving techniques such as arthroplasty, soft stabilization, semi-rigid stabilization and dynamic stabilization techniques should be chosen as the first-line instrumentation technique in those cases. To read about why motion-preserving techniques will be the future of spine surgery, click here.
Ali Fahir Özer, MD
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