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Date:11/18/2008

rly stage. If the pain is ever-present, then this won't work. A laminectomy will then be necessary to relieve the nerve. Still, I'm confident that although its applications are limited for now, more degenerative spinal conditions will in time, be treatable with In-Space."

The In-Space percutaneous interspinous distraction procedure costs approximately US$10,000 for a single level of vertebrae done in Singapore. In the US, the procedure for use of the device is still awaiting approval from the Food and Drug Administration and is expected to cost at least twice as much as in Singapore.

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