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Facet Arthrodesis with the FFX Device: One-Year Results from a Prospective Multicenter Study

ROBIN SROUR, YASSINE GDOURA, MARIETTE DELAITRE, JIHAD MORTADA, MUSTAPHA ALI BENALI, FABRICE MILLOT, DANIEL HRITCU, ALEXANDRE TIMOFEEV and FRANÇOIS SELLAL
International Journal of Spine Surgery December 2020, 14 (6) 996-1002; DOI: https://doi.org/10.14444/7149
ROBIN SROUR
1Hôpitaux Civils de Colmar, Colmar, France
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YASSINE GDOURA
1Hôpitaux Civils de Colmar, Colmar, France
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MARIETTE DELAITRE
1Hôpitaux Civils de Colmar, Colmar, France
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JIHAD MORTADA
1Hôpitaux Civils de Colmar, Colmar, France
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MUSTAPHA ALI BENALI
2Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Dupuytren, Limoges, France
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FABRICE MILLOT
3Hôpital de Saint Avold, Saint Avold, France
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DANIEL HRITCU
4Clinique du Diaconat-Roosevelt, Mulhouse, France
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ALEXANDRE TIMOFEEV
1Hôpitaux Civils de Colmar, Colmar, France
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FRANÇOIS SELLAL
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    Illustration of the FFX device (arrow) implanted in the L4/L5 facet joint (Courtesy of SC MEDICA).

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    Mean visual analog scale (VAS) scores for (A) leg pain and (B) back pain; by level. VAS scores significantly improved (P < .05) at all assessment intervals versus preoperative VAS scores for both leg and back pain for patients receiving FFX implants for 1 to 4 levels. Excludes 2 patients for whom 2- to 3-month and 5- to 6-month data were not available.

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    Mean Oswestry Disability Index (ODI) scores, by level. ODI scores significantly improved (P < .05) at all assessment intervals versus preoperative ODI scores for patients receiving FFX implants from 1 to 4 levels. Excludes 2 patients for whom 2- to 3-month and 5- to 6-month data were not available.

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    Twelve-month postoperative computed tomography (CT) scan showing facet fusion with the FFX device.

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    Computed tomography (CT) scan showing example of FFX device misplacement (arrow).

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ROBIN SROUR, YASSINE GDOURA, MARIETTE DELAITRE, JIHAD MORTADA, MUSTAPHA ALI BENALI, FABRICE MILLOT, DANIEL HRITCU, ALEXANDRE TIMOFEEV, FRANÇOIS SELLAL
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