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. Each of the pedicle screws has a screw head configured to receive a connecting rod in a position, in which the rod and the receiving pedicle screw are vertically aligned.