Multidirectional flexibility analysis of cervical artificial disc reconstruction: in vitro human cadaveric spine model

Multidirectional flexibility analysis of cervical artificial disc reconstruction: in vitro human cadaveric spine model.

OBJECT This in vitro experimental study was conducted to investigate the initial biomechanical effect of artificial intervertebral disc replacement in the cervical spine. The multidirectional flexibility of replaced and adjacent spinal segments were analyzed using a cadaveric cervical spine model. METHODS The following three cervical reconstructions were sequentially performed at the C5-6 lev...

Artificial Intervertebral Disc: Cervical Spine

Artificial Intervertebral Disc: Cervical Spine

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Artificial Intervertebral Disc: Cervical Spine

Professional Institutional Original Effective Date: September 25, 2007 Original Effective Date: October 23, 2008 Revision Date(s): September 23, 2008 May 18, 2010; March 8, 2013; January 1, 2015; August 5, 2015; October 12, 2016 Revision Date(s): December 15, 2009; May 18, 2010; March 8, 2013; January 1, 2015; August 5, 2015; October 12, 2016 Current Effective Date: October 12, 2016 Current Eff...

7.01.108 Artificial Intervertebral Disc: Cervical Spine

1. The device is approved by FDA 2. The patient is skeletally mature 3. The patient has intractable cervical radicular pain or myelopathy a. Which has failed at least 6 weeks of conservative nonoperative treatment, including active pain management program or protocol, under the direction of a physician, with pharmacotherapy that addresses neuropathic pain and other pain sources AND physical the...