Randall F. Lee,Daniel S. Savage,Alan W. Rorke,Richard D. Guyer,Jack E. Zigler
申请号：
US15391423
公开号：
US09757252B2
申请日:
2016.12.27
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2017
代理人:
摘要：
A method includes: making a first incision in a patient defining a first lateral direction to a first lateral side of the patient's spine； inserting an intervertebral prosthesis through the first incision and into an intervertebral space of the spine in the first lateral direction； locating the intervertebral prosthesis between an endplate of a first vertebral bone of a spine, and an endplate of an adjacent, second vertebral bone of the spine； closing the first incision； making a second incision in the patient defining a second lateral direction to a second lateral side of the patient's spine, opposite to the first direction and the first lateral side； reversing the locating of the intervertebral prosthesis from the endplate of the first vertebral bone of the spine, and from the endplate of the adjacent, second vertebral bone of the spine； removing the intervertebral prosthesis from the intervertebral space of the spine from the second lateral direction and out through the second incision； and closing the second incision.
