Altair

In the thoracic and thoracolumbar spine, anterior fixation is indicated for burst fractures with significant canal compromise, vertebral body tumors requiring corpectomy and other indications requiring anterior stabilization. Primary advantages of anterior internal fixation include the ability to provide complete canal clearance and decompression of bony fragments and/or total resection of a tumor. Additionally, anterior thoracic and thoracolumbar (ATL) surgery allows for fusion of a minimal number of motion segments, thus allowing for more normal spine mechanics. The specific goal in the development of the ALTAIR™ 5.5 Anterior Thoracolumbar Fixation System was to design a rod-based system primarily for the management of thoracic, thoracolumbar, and lumbar burst fractures and tumors that permits anterior load sharing, allows for distraction to perform reduction and compression of the bone graft, is CT/MRI compatible, and easy to implant. The ALTAIR™ 5.5 Anterior Thoracolumbar Fixation System consist of Vertebral Body Staples, Fixed Angle Screws, Dual Rod Crosslink Plates, and 5.5 mm diameter Rods.