Indra®-PCS (Posterior Cervical/Lateral Mass Fixation System)
The Indra®-PCS Posterior Cervical and Upper Thoracic Fixation System is designed for open surgery. The Indra®-PCS system provides a top-loading, simple and secure system for rigid fixation. The Indra®-PCS system includes instrumentation and spinal implants for posterior spinal fixation in the C1- T3 vertebral levels in the cervical and upper levels of the thoracic spine.
Features
Top-loading polyaxial screws with friction heads enable quick and simple construct assembly.
Instrumentation designed for open procedures.
Pre-cut and pre-contoured rods eliminate the need to cut and contour rods in the operating room.
Low profile screw head.
Triple self-tapping flute centers screw for easy insertion.
When to use?
Indication
The Indra®-PCS Posterior Cervical System is intended to provide immobilization and stabilization of spinal segments as an adjunct to fusion for the following acute and chronic instabilities of the cranio-cervical junction, the cervical spine (C1 to C7) and the thoracic spine (T1-T3): traumatic spinal fractures and/or traumatic dislocations; instability or deformity; failed previous fusions (e.g. pseudarthrosis); tumors involving the cervical/thoracic spine; and degenerative disease, including intractable radiculopathy and/or myelopathy, neck and/or arm pain of discogenic origin as confirmed by radiographic studies, and degenerative disease of the facets with instability.
The Indra®-PCS Posterior Cervical Spine System is also intended to restore the integrity of the spinal column even in the absence of fusion for a limited time period in patients with advanced stage tumors involving the cervical spine in whom life expectancy is of insufficient duration to permit achievement of fusion.
CONTRAINDICATIONS MAY BE ABSOLUTE OR RELATIVE. CIRCUMSTANCES BELOW MAY REDUCE THE CHANCES OF A SUCCESSFUL OUTCOME:
Contra-Indications
Active systemic infection or infection local to operative area.
Morbid obesity
A patient who in the surgeon’s opinion is not psychosocially, mentally or physically able to fully comply with the postoperative treatment regimen (e.g., mental illness, alcoholism or drug abuse).
Pregnancy
Metal sensitivity/foreign body sensitivity.
Patients with inadequate tissue coverage over the operative site.
Open wounds local to the operative area.