The Lumbar Interspinous Distraction, Stabilization (IDS) Decompression devices, (Initial Experience of a Comparative Study)
Citation:
M.M. Eldin: The Lumbar Interspinous Distraction, Stabilization (IDS) Decompression devices, (Initial Experience of a Comparative Study). The Internet Journal of Minimally Invasive Spinal Technology. 2010 Supplement III to IJMIST IV, No 5
Abstract
Many Interspinous Distraction Stabilization (IDS) Devices has been developed. The first interspinous implant for the lumbar spine was developed in the 1950s by Knowles. Owing to flaws in design, material, surgical technique and applied indications its use was abandoned. Several other IPD devices, with significant differences in designs, materials, surgical techniques and indications have appeared in the 1990s, some of which are beginning to be evaluated in controlled trials. Most of these implants are placed in the interspinous space to improve clinical outcomes after a discectomy.
