News tagged with artificial disc

For back, neck pain, artificial disc replacement has cost, outcome advantages over fusion surgery

When physical therapy and drugs fail to relieve back or neck pain, patients often turn to spinal fusion surgery as a last resort, but two new studies show that in certain situations, especially when several discs are involved, ...

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created Mar 22, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Artificial disc replacement as good or better than spinal fusion surgery (Audio)

Spine surgeons at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and other U.S. centers are reporting that artificial disc replacement works as well and often better than spinal fusion surgery. The two procedures are ...

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created Feb 27, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 1