CCI Series Episode 2: What Goes into the PICL Procedure

Originally posted as a blog post entitled "What Goes into the PICL, Procedure for CCI Instability"

We have developed an active community of patients with craniocervical instability who are following our PICL procedure. So what goes into performing this procedure? There’s quite a bit, so let’s dig in.

CCI and PICL

CCI stands for craniocervical instability which means that the ligaments that hold the head on are too loose. To help that problem, we developed a new procedure called PICL which stands for Percutaneous Implantation of the CCJ Ligaments. This is still an investigational procedure that has already changed many lives with and helped patients avoid a complication laden upper cervical fusion.....


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Read by Chris Centeno, MD