LimiFlex™ IDE Publications / Presentations
Comparing Health-related quality of life (QoL) between Decompression and Paraspinous Tension Band Stabilization (D+PTB) and Transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (TLIF) for Lumbar Degenerative Spondylolisthesis (DS)
Shahzad H, Bhatti N, fielding LC, et al. Paper presented at: Lumbar Spine Research Society 2022 Annual Meeting; April 7-8, 2022, 2022; Chicago, IL.
Return to Work, Activities of Daily Living and Disability Improvement: 12-Month Outcomes of an FDA IDE Trial of Decompression and Tension Band Stabilization for Degenerative Spondylolisthesis
Lavelle WF, Sasso RC, Yoon ST, et al. Paper presented at: 29th International Meeting on Advanced Spine Techniques; April 6-9, 2022, 2022; Miami, FL.
Return to Work, Activities of Daily Living and Disability Improvement: 12-month Outcomes of an FDA IDE Trial of Decompression and Tension Band Stabilization for Degenerative Spondylolisthesis
Lavelle WF, Sasso RC, Bae H, et al. Paper presented at: Lumbar Spine Research Society 2022 Annual Meeting; April 7-8, 2022, 2022; Chicago, IL.
FDA Trial of Paraspinous Tension Band for Degenerative Spondylolisthesis: 12-Months Follow-Up in 171 Subjects
Villavicencio AT, Sasso RC, Cheng I, et al. Paper presented at: Annual Meeting of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) 2021.
FDA IDE Study of Decompression and Paraspinous Tension Band Stabilization vs TLIF for Degenerative Spondylolisthesis: 24-month Outcomes in 124 Patients
Villavicencio AT, Sasso RC, Boody BS, et al. Paper presented at: Spine Summit 2021 - 37th Annual Meeting of the Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves; July 28-31, 2021, 2021; San Diego, CA.
Lumbar Decompression and Paraspinous Tension Band Stabilization in the Ambulatory Surgery Setting: 30- and 90-day Safety and Perioperative Outcomes in 57 Subjects From an FDA IDE Study
Villavicencio AT, Lavelle WF, Boody BS, et al. Paper presented at: Annual Meeting of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) 2021.
FDA IDE Study of Decompression and Paraspinous Tension Band Stabilization vs TLIF for Degenerative Spondylolisthesis: 24-month Outcomes in 98 Patients
Sasso RC, Boody BS, Lavelle WF, et al. Paper presented at: Scoliosis Research Society (SRS) 56th Annual Meeting; September 22-25, 2021, 2021; St. Louis, MO.
FDA IDE Study of Lumbar Decompression and Paraspinous Tension Band Stabilization vs TLIF for Degenerative Spondylolisthesis: 12-month Outcomes in 205 Patients
Sasso RC, Boody BS, Bae H, et al. Paper presented at: International Society for the Advancement of Spine Surgery 21st International Conference (ISASS21); May 14, 2021, 2021; Miami, FL.
Lumbar Decompression and Paraspinous Tension Band Stabilization in the Ambulatory Setting: 30- and 90-day Safety and Perioperative Outcomes in 57 Subjects from an FDA IDE Study
Lavelle WF, Boody BS, Bae H, Alamin TF, Fielding LC, Sasso RC. Paper presented at: International Society for the Advancement of Spine Surgery 21st International Conference (ISASS21); May 14, 2021; Miami, FL.
Interim Analysis of a Prospective, Concurrently Controlled, Multi-Center FDA Study Results of Paraspinous Tension Band
Villavicencio AT, Burneikiene S, Sasso RC, et al. Paper presented at: AANS/CNS Annual Meeting of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves; March 5-8, 2020, 2020; Las Vegas, NV.
FDA Trial of Paraspinous Tension Band for Degenerative Spondylolisthesis: 12-Months Follow-Up in 93 Subjects
Sasso RC, Cheng I, Lavelle WF, et al. Paper presented at: 35th Annual Meeting of the North American Spine Society; October 7-10, 2020, 2020; San Diego, CA.
FDA Trial of Paraspinous Tension Band for Degenerative Spondylolisthesis: 12-Months Follow-Up in 63 Subjects
Sasso RC, Boody BS, Fielding LC, et al. 27th International Meeting on Advanced Spine Techniques; April 1-4, 2020, 2020; Athens, Greece.
FDA Trial of Paraspinous Tension Band for Degenerative Spondylolisthesis: Preliminary Safety and Outcomes in 168 Subjects with 12 Months Follow-Up
Cheng I, Cabell A, Sasso R, et al. Paper presented at: Society for Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery Annual Forum '20; October 29-31, 2020, 2020.
Safety and Short-Term Outcomes of a Paraspinous Tension Band System: FDA Trial
Villavicencio AT, Rajpal S, Cheng I, et al. Congress of Neurological Surgeons 2019 Annual Meeting; Oct 19-23, 2019, 2019; San Francisco, CA.
Safety and Short-Term Outcomes of a Paraspinous Tension Band System FDA Trial
Villavicencio AT, Cheng I, Karamian B, et al. Neurosurgical Society of America Annual Meeting; Jun 16-19, 2019, 2019; Banff, AB, Canada.
LimiFlex Paraspinous Tension Band Device Overview and Clinical Data
Guyer RD. Paper presented at: Castellvi Spine; April 24-27, 2019, 2019; Key West, FL.
FDA Trial of Paraspinous Tension Band for Degenerative Spondylolisthesis: Preliminary Safety and Outcomes in 100 Subjects with 6-Months Follow-up
Bae H, Cheng I, Sasso R, et al. Society for Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery Annual Forum; Oct 31 - Nov 2, 2019, 2019; Las Vegas, NV.
OUS Clinical Publications / Presentations
Dynamic Intraspinous Stabilization reduces Spinal Mobility After Bilateral Laminotomy
Guentchev M, Levente P, Preuss C, Sailer MH, Tuettenberg J. J Spine. 2017;6:366.
A Comparison of Dorsal Decompression and Dorsal Decompression Combined with the Dynamic Stabilisation Device LimiFlex
Jansen T, Bornemann R, Otten L, Sander K, Wirtz D, Pflugmacher R. Z Orthop Unfall. 2015.
Decompression and paraspinous tension band: a novel treatment method for patients with lumbar spinal stenosis and degenerative spondylolisthesis
Gibson JN, Depreitere B, Pflugmacher R, et al. Spine J. 2015;15(3 Suppl):S23-32.
Bewegungserhaltende Therapie bei Pseudolisthese und lumbaler Spinalkanalstenose mit LimiFlex. Erste Erfahrungen mit 30 Patienten
Frank A. Deutsche Gesellschaft für Neurochirurgie (DGNC), Sektionstagung Wirbelsäule; September 27-28, 2013, 2014; Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
Dorsal Decompression With and Without Limiflex Stabilization: Prospective Evaluation of 12 Month Results
Pflugmacher R, Jansen T, Bornemann R, Kabir K, Wirtz DC. Paper presented at: International Society for the Advancement of Spine Surgery (ISASS); April 3-5, 2013, 2013; Vancouver, BC.
Lumbale Facettengelenkstabilisierung mit dem Limiflexsystem nach postoperativer Zystenbildung – ein Fallbericht
Mueller-Broich J. Paper presented at: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Neurochirurgie (DGNC), Sektionstagung Wirbelsäule; September 27-28, 2013, 2013; Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
Lumbar Stabilization with a paraspinous tension band device in patients with degenerative spondylolisthesis and spinal stenosis: 24-month data
Gibson JN, Beadle C, Fielding LC, Wachna M, Alamin TF. Paper presented at: 40th Annual Meeting of the International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine (ISSLS); May 13-17, 2013, 2013; Scottsdale, AZ.
Prospektive Evaluation von dorsalen Dekompressionen mit posteriorer dynamischer flexions-begrenzender Stabilisierung bei Patienten mit Spinalkanalstenose und degenerativer Bandscheibenerkrankung: 12-Monats-Nachuntersuchungen
Jansen TR, Bornemann R, Otten LA, et al. Paper presented at: Norddeutsche Orthopäden- und Unfallchirurgenvereinigung (NOUV); June 14-16, 2012, 2012; Hamburg, Germany.
Prospektiver Vergleich von dorsalen Dekompressionen und dorsalen Dekompressionen mit posteriorer dynamischer flexions-begrenzender Stabilisierung bei Patienten mit Spinalkanalstenose und degenerativer Bandscheibenerkrankung: Ein Vergleich der 12-Monats-Ergebnisse
Jansen TR, Bornemann R, Otten L, Kabir K, Wirtz D, Pflugmacher R. Paper presented at: Deutsche Wirbelsäulengesellschaft (DWG); December 6-8, 2012, 2012; Stuttgart, Germany.
Prospective evaluation of dorsal decompression and posterior dynamic flexion-limiting stabilization in patients with spinal stenosis and degenerative disc disease: Six month follow up
Randau T, Wirtz D, Pflugmacher R. Paper presented at: Global Spine Congress; March 23-26, 2011, 2011; Barcelona, Spain.
Dynamic flexion-limiting stabilization in patients with spinal stenosis and degenerative disc disease – Six month follow-up
Randau T, Bornemann R, Wirtz D, Pflugmacher R. Paper presented at: World Society for Endoscopic, Navigated & Minimal Invasive Spine Surgery (WENMISS); May 5-7, 2011, 2011; Bonn, Germany.
Prospective Evaluation of dorsal decompression and posterior dynamic flexion-limiting stabilization in patients with spinal stenosis and degenerative disc disease: Six month follow up
Pflugmacher R, Randau T, Kabir K, Bornemann R, Wirtz D. Paper presented at: Spine Arthroplasty Society (SAS); April 26-29, 2011, 2011; Las Vegas, NV.
Decompression and posterior dynamic flexion-restricting stabilisation in patients with degenerative spondylolisthesis
Gibson JN, Beadle C, Ahmed I. Paper presented at: British Association of Spinal Surgery (BASS); February 2-4, 2011, 2011; Edinburgh, Scotland, UK.
LimiFlex Pre-Clinical Publications / Presentations
Sacral spinous processes: a morphologic classification and biomechanical characterization of strength
Wang T, Fielding LC, Parikh A, Kothari M, Alamin T. Spine J. 2015;15(12):2544-2551.
Compressive preload reduces segmental flexion instability after progressive destabilization of the lumbar spine
Fry RW, Alamin TF, Voronov LI, et al. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2014;39(2):E74-81.
Sacral Spinous Process Visibility, Morphology and Strength
Fielding LC, Newman P, Wharton N, et al. Paper presented at: 59th Annual Meeting of the Orthopaedic Research Society; January 26-29, 2013, 2013; San Antonio, TX.
Parametric and cadaveric models of lumbar flexion instability and flexion restricting dynamic stabilization system
Fielding LC, Alamin TF, Voronov LI, Carandang G, Havey RM, Patwardhan AG. Eur Spine J. 2013;22(12):2710-2718.
In Vivo Response to a Paraspinous Tension Band Device with Titanium Coils: An Ovine Implantation Study
Ehrhart EJ, Fielding L, Lyons AS, et al. Paper presented at: Annual Meeting of the International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine; May 13-17, 2013, 2013; Scottsdale, AZ.
Failure strength of lumbar spinous processes loaded in a tension band model
Golish SR, Fielding L, Agarwal V, Buckley J, Alamin TF. J Neurosurg Spine. 2012;17(1):69-73.
Wear Evaluation of Simpirica's LimiFlex Flexion-Limiting Device Containing UHMWPE Straps
Siskey R, Fielding L, Parikh A, Kurtz S. Paper presented at: 5th UHMWPE International Meeting; September 22-23, 2011, 2011; Philadelphia, PA.
Anterior Lumbar Vertebral Translation Is Coupled to Segmental Flexion
Fielding L, Alamin T, Voronov LI, et al. Paper presented at: 17th International Meeting on Advanced Spine Techniques; July 21-24, 2010, 2010; Toronto, ON.
Novel Flexion-Restricting Stabilization System Restores Flexion Stability after Simulated Injury
Fielding L, Alamin T, Voronov LI, et al. Paper presented at: 17th International Meeting on Advanced Spine Techniques; July 21-24, 2010, 2010; Toronto, ON.
Effect of Lumbar Decompression Spinal Surgery on Spinous Process Strength
Parikh A, Ortiz G, Fielding L, et al. Paper presented at: International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine (ISSLS) Annual Meeting 2009; Miami, FL.