M6-C artificial disc placement

Cervical Artificial Disc Wear: the Influence of Surgical Placement

Relative motion at interacting implant surfaces generates wear debris over time leading to periprosthetic osteolysis and device failure. Factors related to implant design, patient habitus and surgical approach will impact the generation of wear debris and influence the clinical longevity of artificial spinal disc devices. Further, surgeons play an important role in selecting the appropriate imp...

Two-level artificial disc placement for spondylotic cervical myelopathy.

This report describes a 49-year-old woman who presented with a myeloradiculopathy with two-level spinal cord compression. She underwent C5-6 and C6-7 anterior cervical decompressions and placement of two Bryan disc (Medtronic Sofamor-Danek. Memphis, TN) prostheses. Whilst single-level cervical arthroplasty using the Bryan disc prosthesis has been described before, this is the first two-level ca...

Artificial Intervertebral Disc

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The Bryan Artificial Disc

p0020The cervical spine is a linkage of specialized joints and, like other joints, may be the source of significant pain and functional incapacity with age, trauma, and subsequent degeneration. However unlike other major joints, the traditional perception is that motion in the cervical spine is not a necessity and has been routinely sacrificed for pain relief and functional recovery. For more t...

Artificial Intervertebral Disc: Cervical Spine