Post-Market Study of The Tripod-Fix Vertebral Body Augmentation System in Osteoporotic Vertebral Compression Fractures

Exclusion Criteria

• •Tripod-Fix is not indicated for any other application other than that for which it is designed. contraindications for Tripod-Fix include, but are not limited to: .
• •1. Patient presenting a loss of vertebral height \>50% compared to estimated pre-fracture height
• •2. Sclerotic fracture
• •3. Patient with a prior history of intolerance or of allergic reaction to titanium and/or one of the components of the PMMA cement
• •4. Patient suffering from irreversible coagulopathy or undergoing anticoagulant treatment at the moment of surgery or at least 8 days prior to inclusion
• •5. Active infection (systemic or in the target vertebra)
• •6. Patient suffering from a severe or uncontrolled systemic disease
• •7. Patient presenting a pathological fracture with the presence of a mass within the spinal canal
• •8. Patient presenting neurological damage caused by vertebral fracture
• •9. Patient pregnant or likely to be so or breastfeeding
• •10. Patient vertebral anatomy not compatible with the size of the implant or instrumentation
• •11. Fracture geometry making the insertion of the implant impossible