KIC Ventures Accenture NYC Harvard Medical Sch Harvard Business Sch Harvard Orthopedics Columbia College & Engineering UPenn Former Chief Spine Surgeon
Who Trained You? In spine surgery, practice creep is increasing, raising important questions—especially about who is doing the training. Here, I trained a new doctor on Inspan as he performed his first two spinal fusion cases for Grade 1 spondylolisthesis. I will proctor the first five cases before he is certified by me. The right training matters—it’s the foundation of better outcomes for patients. #SpineSurgery #Training #PracticeCreep #PatientOutcomes #Fusion #Innovation Learn more www.KICVentures.com www.NANISX.com NANISX KIC Ventures FacetFuse Sacrix NanoFUSE Biologics Inspan Sagitechnology LESS Spine MISquito AxioMed This post is for informational purposes only and does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy securities.
I am an advocate for new technology but isn’t this just another interspinous kyphosing spacer?
Fusion for grade 1 spodylolesthesis? That seems overly aggressive.
Kingsley- you and I know it takes far beyond 5 cases being overseen to be considered “trained” especially with non surgeons who have no business fusing any motion segment or joint in the body. We have surgical residencies for a reason. The scope creep you speak of is one you promote for financial gain and you go after a notoriously easy market group- pain physicians. You are giving non surgeons false confidence to perform procedures well outside their training and understanding. There is no thought of biomechanics, alignment, following proper indications. And when there are complications, they tell them to go to the ER where the pain physician has no privileges to see and consult on the patients… I know this because I see the patients in my ER that have your products.
I noticed the patient has instability, and therefore needs stabilization. It's either traditional pedicle screws and rods, and cages, or the Less Exposure philosophy of less is more, which InSpan has proven to be an excellent solution to restoring quality of care in these patients.
Inappropriate to do surgery for grade 1 spondylolisthesis
KIC Ventures Accenture NYC Harvard Medical Sch Harvard Business Sch Harvard Orthopedics Columbia College & Engineering UPenn Former Chief Spine Surgeon
3wHow effective is your training? We do minimal spine in residency, learning later at company visits, cadaver labs, or directly on patients—not true training. Placing pedicle screws is simple; pain doctors and IRs access pedicles effortlessly and excel at kyphoplasty—they could do it too. Pedicle screws, cages, and IFDs have evolved, leading to innovations like InSpan, while disc replacements advanced to Axiomed’s viscoelastic core—both technologies we own. InSpan, a 10x advancement on XStop, has thousands implanted by orthopedic and neurosurgeons, supported by published data. It’s designed for ease of placement and removal, fitting pain management as a stabilizing device that restores the interspinous ligaments. While pedicle screws and cages often lead to adjacent segment disease and revisions, InSpan isn’t immune to failure—but claims of frequent ER revisions are false. Criticizing pain doctors for financial motives is shortsighted—consider your own practice’s financial motives. My career includes innovating patented systems like MANTIS, sold to Stryker, with hundreds of thousands implanted. Advancing spine surgery demands vision not chasing money —a path for the bold, requiring thick skin and perseverance. Could you?