LUMBAR DISC REPLACEMENT FOR THE SPINE DEGENERATIVE DISEASE

Artificial Disc Replacement for Degenerative Disc Disease of the Lumbar Spine

Total Disc Replacement in Lumbar Degenerative Disc Diseases

More than 10 years have passed since lumbar total disc replacement (LTDR) was introduced for the first time to the world market for the surgical management of lumbar degenerative disc disease (DDD). It seems like the right time to sum up the relevant results in order to understand where LTDR stands on now, and is heading forward to. The pathogenesis of DDD has been currently settled, but diagno...

Total Disc Arthroplasty for Treating Lumbar Degenerative Disc Disease

STUDY DESIGN Lumber disc arthroplasty is a technological advancement that has occurred in the last decade to treat lumbar degenerative disk diseases. PURPOSE The aim of this retrospective study was to establish the impact and outcomes of managing patients with lumbar degenerative disk disease who have been treated with lumbar total disc arthroplasty (TDA). OVERVIEW OF LITERATURE Several stu...

Clinical Outcomes of Total Disc Replacement Versus Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion for Surgical Treatment of Lumbar Degenerative Disc Disease

STUDY DESIGN The authors performed a retrospective controlled study of patients diagnosed with lumbar degenerative disc disease who received surgical intervention (either total disc replacement [TDR]/Activ-L or anterior lumbar interbody fusion [ALIF]) at a single tertiary-care hospital from 2007-2010. OBJECTIVES To investigate the clinical outcomes after TDR in comparison with ALIF for surgic...

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) ...