∗Department of Neurosurgery, Donauisar Klinikum Deggendorf, Deggendorf, Germany
†Department of Neurosurgery, Kantonsspital Aarau, Aarau, Switzerland
‡Neurosurgical Center Amsterdam, Neurosurgery Spine Clinic, OLVG Hospital, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
§Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
¶Department of Orthopedics, University of Kansas School of Medicine-Wichita, Wichita, KS
||Department of Neurosurgery, Medical University Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
∗∗Miller Scientific Consulting, Inc, Asheville, NC
††Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital Bochum, Bochum, Germany.
Address correspondence and reprint requests to Adisa Kuršumović, MD, Department of Neurosurgery, Donauisar Klinikum Deggendorf, Deggendorf 94469, Germany; E-mail: [email protected]
Received 3 November, 2017
Revised 14 February, 2018
Accepted 22 February, 2018
The device that is the subject of this manuscript is being evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration as part of a Premarket Approval (PMA) application as an adjunct to a limited lumbar discectomy procedure to replace missing or damaged section of the annulus identified at the time of surgery.
Intrinsic Therapeutics, Inc. (Woburn, MA) funds were received in support of this work.
Relevant financial activities outside the submitted work: consultancy, grants, travel/accommodations/meeting expenses.
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