Zimmer® DTO™ Implant
Different stages of spinal degeneration require a different solution.
Zimmer Spine integrates two leading systems to offer a segmental solution that treats varying stages of disc degeneration in the lumbar spine.
Since spine degeneration is a continuous process that often affects adjacent segments at different rates, (Reference 1) a treatment option that can cover the entire range of lumbar spine degenerative pathologies could enhance a patient’s activity level and overall quality of life. This solution is integrated into the Zimmer DTO Implant.
The Zimmer DTO Implant combines the Dynesys ® Dynamic Stabilisation System with the rigid stabilisation of the OPTIMA™ ZS Spinal System (Reference 2) to offer a new segmental solution for treating degenerative lumbar spine pathologies with different stages of degeneration at contiguous levels.
This new technology solution helps avoid over- or under-treatment by providing surgeons with a way to neutralise and prevent segmental disstability.
The Zimmer DTO implant’s leading-edge technology gives surgeons greater flexibility to provide a more precise stabilisation effect.
Advantages of customised stabilisation
- Real transition from a proven dynamic system to a rigid system
- Varying stiffnesses of the systems
- Familiar posterior approach
- Versatility
- Reproducibility
- Preservation of the anatomy
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References
1 Kirkaldy-Willis WH, Farfan HF. Instability of the lumbar spine. Clin Orthop Relat Res; 1982: 110-123.
2. Zimmer is the exclusive, worldwide distributor of OPTIMA ZS Spinal System (except in Turkey, and South Korea). Zimmer has the exclusive, worldwide distribution rights for the OPTIMA ZS Transition Screw.
