SPINAL STABILIZATION SURGICAL TOOL SET

摘要

A surgical kit is described for implanting spinal fusion implants (10) into a disk space where disk material separates first and second vertebrae (210, 212). The kit comprises: a distraction plug (54) sized to be inserted between the vertebrae on at least one of said sides and to urge said vertebrae apart; a guide pin (64) sized to be received on at least one side of said vertebrae into said disk space and sized to approximate the size of said plug; a drill tube guide (72) attached to said guide pin on a proximal end of said drill tube guide with said drill tube guide having predetermined external dimensions; a drill tube (92) sized to be received upon said drill tube guide within said drill tube in close tolerance therewith and with means on a proximal end of said drill tube for fastening said drill tube to said vertebrae; and a reamer (112, 116) having a proximal end with means for boring into said vertebrae and with said reamer size to be received within said drill tube. Using the kit, spinal implants are inserted into a disk space between vertebrae. A distraction spacer is temporarily put in place on one side of the vertebrae while a bore is being formed on the opposite side.