This study expands the evidence validating the fixed-core design of the prodisc L device and includes 1,187 patients undergoing 1- or 2-level LTDR, with and without prior surgery, and followed from 7 ...

CENTER VALLEY, PA--(Marketwired - November 03, 2016) - Prior to the 31st Annual North American Spine Society (NASS) meeting in Boston, MA last week, a group of leading spine surgeons came together at ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . When it was introduced in 1984, lumbar total disc arthroplasty came with promises of pain reduction and ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Zigler and colleagues performed a post-hoc analysis of 175 patients with single-level, symptomatic disc ...

The second largest commercial payer in Arizona has issued new evidence-based criteria supporting one-and two-level lumbar total disc replacement (TDR), expanding access to this treatment option for ...

With this positive coverage update in Tennessee, it is estimated that one-level lumbar TDR coverage is approaching 94%* of commercially-covered lives in the U.S., while two-level coverage continues to ...

Degenerative disc disease affects up to 40% of all patients with low back pain. It can lead to spinal instability; that is, the inability of the spine to limit excessive or abnormal spinal ...

For technical reasons, the English full text will be published approximately two weeks after the German print edition has been published. 1. Geisler FH, Blumenthal SL, Guyer RD et al.: Neurological ...