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Prepackaged collections (either custom or standard) of devices, instruments, and supplies necessary to perform minimum-access spinal surgery procedures such as the injection of bone cement into a fractured vertebra (i.e., vertebroplasty or a variation known as kyphoplasty). Items in these kits usually include surgical instruments and devices such as vertebral balloons (also known as bone tamps), cement delivery and intraosseous biopsy needles, percutaneous introducers, and balloon inflation syringes appropriate to the particular surgical procedure and/or technique. The kits also include supplies such as orthopedic cement and anesthetics. These kits may be supplied in supporting trays (i.e., procedure trays) consisting of a metal or plastic flat-bottom receptacle with a border around the periphery supporting all the instruments and supplies needed for the procedure. The trays are usually covered by a sterile wrap. Kyphoplasty/vertebroplasty spinal surgery kits and trays are intended for spinal minimally access surgery used in the treatment of vertebral compression fractures (VCF).
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