Screw implant and methods for same

Abstract

A pedicle-lengthening implant may comprise an outer screw body configured to be inserted through a pedicle of a vertebra. The outer body has an upper portion and a lower portion. An inner bolt is disposed within the outer screw body, defining a longitudinal axis and configured to interact with each of the upper and the lower portions. Rotation of the inner bolt about the longitudinal axis causes the upper and lower portions of the outer screw body to separate axially along the longitudinal axis. The outer body may comprise external threads configured to engage bone of the pedicle. The inner bolt includes a threaded rod that engages first internal threads of the upper portion and internal threads of the lower portion at an inner bore of the outer screw body. The first internal threads of the upper portion and internal threads of the lower portion may have opposite thread directions.

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