title: Interspinous process decompression (IPD) system (X-STOP) for the treatment of lumbar spinal stenosis.
abstract: With increased life expectancy and an aging population, many patients suffering from progressive lumbar spinal stenosis with symptomatic neurogenic intermittent claudication (NIC) have been limited to a choice between nonsurgical therapies or a more traumatic decompressive surgical procedure, with or without lumbar fusion. The interspinous process decompression (IPD) system, the X-STOP implant, was developed to provide a minimally invasive alternative therapeutic treatment of lumbar spinal stenosis. The X-STOP IPD system, surgical indications, operative techniques, and the potential complications and their avoidance are described and discussed herein.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurospine Surgery, California Center for Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery, California Spine Institute Medical Center, Newbury Park, CA, USA.
authors.forename: John C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Chiu
mesh_terms: D019299:Decompression, Surgical / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*; D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D007796:Laminectomy / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000601:surgery*; D019736:Prostheses and Implants; D019919:Prosthesis Implantation / Q000379:methods; D013130:Spinal Stenosis / Q000601:surgery*