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  • FDA approves implant for spinal pain

    11/22/2005 9:02:50 PM PST · by neverdem · 33 replies · 2,001+ views
    Seattle Post-Intelligencer ^ | November 22, 2005 | THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
    WASHINGTON -- People who suffer from a spinal problem that can cause back and leg pain have an alternative to difficult surgery with a newly approved device that requires a much less invasive procedure to implant. The Food and Drug Administration authorized use of the "X-stop" - a thumb of titanium on a mount that fits to a vertebra in the lower back - to reduces pain from lumbar spinal stenosis. The FDA's approval was announced Tuesday by the St. Mary's Spine Center in San Francisco, which developed the device. The condition is the most common cause of back surgery...