ESS-B Kit

ESS-B is the line's percutaneous discectomy kit. The cutting cannula is reciprocating and the system aspirates the disc fragments through the same access.

The X-Grid™ matrix comes in at the targeting stage: the coordinate read on the fluoroscopy is the same one printed on the mask placed over the field, which reduces the number of images needed to reach the entry point.

In the study published in Acta Ortopédica Brasileira, researchers at the Institute of Orthopaedics and Traumatology of HC-FMUSP compared genicular nerve block performed with and without the localising mask, on a model, with 23 orthopaedic surgeons. The number of radioscopies needed fell from 12.1 ± 2.5 without the mask to 5.0 ± 1.8 with it, a statistically significant difference at all three points studied.

Leal DP, Merino MGL, Atieh MM, Guedes VHC, Pécora JR, Helito CP. The use of adhesive radiopaque grids in genicular nerve block by radioscopy. Acta Ortop Bras. 2023;31(3):e266060. Available at https://doi.org/10.1590/1413-785220233103e266060

The Spinal Interventional Society holds that there is no safe dose of radiation, and recommends the ALARA principle (as low as reasonably achievable). Every available protective measure should be adopted in interventional pain procedures.