Abstract: A surgical instrument is especially adapted for use in various surgical procedures, including use in removing disc material between vertebrae. The instrument has a handle and a flat, L-shaped working portion or body. The edges adjacent to the corners at the outer, forward end of the body are sharpened to provide the cutting edges. The instrument is placed between the vertebrae and rotated back and forth to remove disc material.

Abstract: A surgical instrument is especially adapted for use in various surgical procedures including use in removing disk material between vertebrae. The instrument has a handle and a flat working portion or body. The edges adjacent to the corners at the forward end of the body are sharpened to provide the cutting edges. The instrument is placed between the vertebrae and rotated back and forth to remove disk material.

Abstract: A medical table which can be used for examination of the spine and for other diagnostic and therapeutic back procedures, including discography and surgery, and which can be adapted for use with imaging devices, has a bottom support frame, a front support frame resting on the front of the bottom support frame, and a rear support frame resting on the bottom support frame. The front and rear support frames are spaced from each other to provide a substantial clearance for imaging devices including radiographic and fluoroscopic apparatus. A radiolucent top panel is supported at one end by the front support frame and at the other end by the rear support frame. The use of front and rear support frames rather than side support frames eliminates radiopaque material adjacent to the top panel and permits oblique, lateral, as well as anterioposterior views to be taken.