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Q. How does the X-Stop procedure alleviate pain caused by spinal stenosis?

 

A. The technique works by spreading apart the two spinous process bones in the back side of the spine and placing a spacer between them to keep them apart. This allows the collapsed disc space and spinal canal can be stretched apart, enlarging the spinal canal and indirectly decompressing the spinal cord or spinal nerves.