DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PERCUTANEOUS PLACEMENT OF LUMBAR PEDICLE SCREWS AND CONNECTING RODS

摘要

A minimally invasive method for stabilizing adjacent vertebrae to be fused is accomplished with a device configured to interlink the pedicles of the adjacent vertebrae and. including multiple pedicle screws (54). Each of the pedicle screws (54) has a screw head (60) configured to receive a connecting rod (66) in a position, in which the rod (66) and the receiving pedicle screw (54) are vertically aligned.