Laser disc surgery for cervical disc disorders

Anterior cervical disc replacement for degenerative disc disease.

PURPOSE To review the outcomes of anterior cervical disc replacement using the Prestige LP system for degenerative disc disease. METHODS Medical records of 12 men and 23 women aged 26 to 66 (mean, 46) years who underwent 48 anterior cervical disc replacements using the Prestige LP system by a single spine surgeon were reviewed. 22 patients underwent one-level disc replacement at C5-C6 (n=13) ...

Cervical Deuk Laser Disc Repair®: A novel, full-endoscopic surgical technique for the treatment of symptomatic cervical disc disease

BACKGROUND Cervical Deuk Laser Disc Repair(®) is a novel full-endoscopic, anterior cervical, trans-discal, motion preserving, laser assisted, nonfusion, outpatient surgical procedure to safely treat symptomatic cervical disc diseases including herniation, spondylosis, stenosis, and annular tears. Here we describe a new endoscopic approach to cervical disc disease that allows direct visualizatio...

Cervical Disc Arthroplasty

The Health quality assessment patients whit Lumbar disc herniation, before and after Herniated Lumbar Disc surgery

Introduction and Aim: Lumbar disc herniation is one of the most common causes of low back pain. Sciatic pain in association with lumbar disc herniation may require surgical intervention in the form of lumbar discectomy.Chronic illnesses such as the low back pain has important consequences like an alteration in the health quality of the person. Health quality is a multi-faceted concept and goes ...

Bryan total disc arthroplasty: a replacement disc for cervical disc disease

Total disc arthroplasty is a new option in the treatment of cervical degenerative disc disease. Several types of cervical disc prostheses currently challenge the gold-standard discectomy and fusion procedures. This review describes the Bryan Cervical Disc System and presents the Bryan prosthesis, its indications, surgical technique, complications, and outcomes, as given in the literature.