Early Clinical Experience with the Mobi-C Disc Prosthesis

Early Clinical Experience with the Mobi-C Disc Prosthesis

PURPOSE We have experienced 23 patients who had underwent cervical disc replacement with Mobi-C disc prosthesis and analyzed their radiological results to evaluate its efficacy. PATIENTS AND METHODS This study was performed on 23 patients with degenerative cervical disc disease who underwent CDR with Mobi-C disc prosthesis from March 2006 to June 2006. RESULTS The age of the study populatio...

Early clinical experience with the Hancock porcine xenograft valve prosthesis.

In a 2-year period, 75 Hancock porcine xenograft valves were inserted in 66 patients, 33 male and 33 female. Their average age was 55 years (range 14 to 69 years). The indication for operation was rheumatic heart disease (30 patients), prosthetic valve dysfunction (8 patients), papillary muscle dysfunction (8 patients), degenerative valve disease (13 patients), subacute bacterial endocarditis (...

The LP-ESP Lumbar Disc Prosthesis: Concept, Development and Clinical Experience

Early experience with the Autophor prosthesis using a posterior approach.

Twenty-eight Autophor hip prostheses have been implanted in 25 patients, using primarily a posterior approach. Complications have included two dislocations and two femoral shaft fractures. One dislocation required reoperation. The shaft fractures healed in three months with bone grafting and cerclage wiring. There were no infections and no cases of loosening or component failure. Radiological f...

The Mobi-C cervical disc for one-level and two-level cervical disc replacement: a review of the literature

BACKGROUND Cervical disc arthroplasty (CDA) is a novel motion-preserving procedure that is an alternative to fusion. The Mobi-C disc prosthesis, one of many Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved devices for CDA, is the only FDA-approved prosthesis for two-level CDA. Hence, it may allow for improved outcomes compared with multilevel fusion procedures. PURPOSE To critically assess the ava...