X-STOP®

X-STOP® is a titanium implant that can provide relief from the pain of spinal stenosis without a traditional laminectomy. Patients with lumber spinal stenosis (LSS) can suffer from pain in the low back and legs as a result of compression of the nerves in the spinal canal. The pain is classically worse when patients walk, and better when they stop walking and flex forward. This is because flexion tends to open up the spinal canal. The X-STOP is a minimally invasive procedure in which a small metal implant is placed between the posterior spinous processes of the affected levels (usually L3/4 or L4/5), and effectively produces a permanent slight flexion, which in turn can provide symptom relief.

Spinal Stimulation, also known as dorsal column stimulation, is a minimally invasive technique which can offer pain relief for patients with intractable pain in the spine or extremities, particularly pain in the low back and legs. The stimulator, which is a flexible tiny wire, is placed percutaneously just under the spinous lamina in the epidural space, and sends signals up to the brain which can cancel out sensations of pain.

X-STOP® Interspinous Process Decompression (IPD) System Package Insert, St. Francis Medical Technologies, November 2005.

NEUROLOGICAL SURGERY P.C.'s PHYSICIANS THAT PERFORM X-STOP® PROCEDURES

• Dr Stephen D. Burstein
• Dr William Sonstein
• Dr Benjamin Cohen
• Dr Artem Vaynman
• Dr Ramin Rak
• Dr Alan Mechanic
• Dr Donald Krieff