The application of an anterior cervical plate has become widely accepted when anterior spinal fusion is performed to stabilize the spine for tumor, trauma, deformity, degenerative disc disease and other forms of cervical instability. The addition of anterior plate fixation offers many benefits such as: resistance to graft displacement, a reduced incidence of pseudarthrosis related to micromotion at the graft-vertebral body interface, maintaining anterior cervical alignment when multi-level discectomies or corpectomies are performed, and a decreased reliance on prolonged external bracing.
Characteristic
Fixed and Polaxial (±9°) angularly stable screw fixing design
Self-tapping and Self-drilling screws
Temporary fixation with pins
Holes in the plate allow visual control of the intervertebral disc
2mm plate thickness and low profile design to avoid irritation of esophageal tissue