Acadia Study

acadia4Acadia is a new USFDA approved prosthetic spinal implant system.  The prosthesis was designed to replace degenerated facet joints.  The clinical trials are currently going on in a few institutions in Europe, including our own.

The benefit of this system is that it offers a surgical solution that preserves the spine's range of motion in contrast to earlier alternatives of bone fusion and rigid spinal fixation that curtailed vertebral movement.  
For further information, see: (www.facetsolutions.com)

 

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                     Model of facet joint ;     Lateral X-ray view of implanted prosthesis ;   3D reconstruction