EndoSurg Standard System
- Access: transforaminal and interlaminar
- Indications: ventral and lateral pathologies, e.g. herniated discs, foraminal stenosis, facet joint cysts, spondylolistheses
- Field of application: lumbar and thoracic
The EndoSurg Standard System is unintech‘s transforaminal system for full-endoscopic spinal decompression.
The system consists of instruments clearly arranged in a double tray and the endoscope safely stored in a tray, which also has space for the endoscopic light guide.
The set contains all instruments (approx. 22), that are required as standard for endoscopic surgery, e.g. dilators, working tubes, various forceps, chisels, nerve hook, elevator, etc. They are optimally adapted to the procedure and the endoscope in terms of length, diameter and design.
EndoSurg Standard Endoscope | |
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Working length | 176 mm |
Outer diameter shaft | 6.6 mm |
Diameter working channel | 3.7 mm |
Optic angle | 30° |
Principal steps of the procedure
Endoscopic pictures show transforaminal approach
- Transforaminal access to the facet joint through serial Dilation
- Inserting the working tubes and identifying the intact and untreated bony structures. The outer working tube with teeth is fixed at the bone
- Foraminotomy with forehead reamer under endoscopic visualization and monitoring
- Decompression of the nerves with various instruments
- End of the procedure - free nerves
Unique Instruments of the System
The transforaminal approach can be done with the unique Tube-in-Tube technique or traditonal in single tube technique.
- Single tube technique: with the inner working tube
- Tube-in-Tube technique: with both working tubes
The outer working tube has teeth for fixation at the facet joint. The inner working tube can be used as retractor.
Tube-in-Tube technique: Only with this technique endoscopic visualized and monitored foraminotomy is possible. The inner working tube is replaced by a forehead reamer
EndoSurg Standard Instruments for Decompression
- Nerve hook and elevator for palpation
- Nerve hook bone chisel and curette for boney treatment, e.g. osteophytes
- Endoscopic Kerisson punches with rotatable shaft and various footprint
- Forceps with different tips and sizes available, resilient and durable due to new and patented functional mechanism