Spine surgeons are reporting that artificial disc replacement works as well and often better than spinal fusion surgery. The two procedures are performed on patients with damaged discs in the neck.

Anyone who suffers from frequent back and neck pain, whether from general wear and tear (degenerative disc disease), or an accident, knows how debilitating it can be. When stretches, medication, ...

PHILADELPHIA - For the first time, bioengineered spinal discs were successfully implanted and provided long-term function in the largest animal model ever evaluated for tissue-engineered disc ...

We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have this issue please contact customerservice@slackinc.com. We would see this more readily in the lumbar spine in ...

In between the vertebrae of the human spine are 23 Oreo-sized, cartilage-filled discs that hold the vertebrae together and allow for spine movement. While the discs are critical for movement, they can ...

Reoperation rates between cervical disc replacement and anterior cervical discectomy and fusion didn’t see significant differences in reoperation risks. However disc replacement had some advantage in ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Cervical and lumbar disc replacement have shown promising results compared with spinal fusion for the treatment ...

February 27, 2009 (Las Vegas, Nevada) — A lumbar total disc replacement system (ProDisc-L) is superior to spinal-fusion surgery in relieving disability and improving patient quality of life, and it ...

The soft, collagen-rich shock absorbers in our backs, known as intervertebral discs, both add to our height (a full quarter of the spinal column's total length) and cushion our vertebrae from ...

May 22, 2006 — -- A radical new surgery may help a woman in her 20s find a way to dance at her sister's wedding. Twenty-five-year-old Tricia Lowe has struggled with a bad disc in her lower back ...

Medical device developer AxioMed Spine has received European regulatory approval to market its cervical spinal disc replacement device. The CE Mark for AxioMed’s Freedom cervical disc complements the ...

A new biomedical device to surgically treat chronic back pain – an artificial spinal disc that duplicates the natural motion of the spine – has been developed. In between the vertebrae of the human ...