摘要：

A spinal fixator is in the form of a turnbuckle the end sections of which terminate as circular flat plates formed with upwardly and downwardly protruding spikes for engaging in the bone of respective vertebrae above and below a broken vertebra. Following decompression of the spinal cord, the fixator is inserted and extended to engage the spikes in the respective vertebrae and thereafter holds the spinal cord decompressed.

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