Cervical Interfacet Spacers to Promote Indirect Decompression and Enhance Fusion in Degenerative Spine: A Review

Among the posterior techniques, the use of cervical interfacet spacers (CISs) represents a promising technology whose potentialities are still being studied. The purpose of the present review was to assess the available data on CISs.A search on PubMed was performed. The search terms were "cervical interfacet spacers," "facet spacers," "DTRAX facet system," "Goel facet spacer," "pseudarthrosis," "cervical lordosis," "iatrogenic kyphosis,"...