Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery Takes Center Stage

SAS9: MIS Hits Primetime

Article preview reprinted from Medtech Insight - June 2009

The Ninth Annual Symposium for the International Society for the Advance of Spine Surgery (SAS9), held this spring in London, welcomed almost 1,700 attendees, double that of 2008, and most sessions provided a spirit of optimism despite the harsh economic environment. Minimally invasive surgery (MIS) took center stage as applications widen and techniques improve, while facet joint replacement devices and materials to simplify revisions also drew crowds. Find out more...