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Artificial Disc Replacement for Degenerative Disc Disease of the Cervical Spine: A Technology Assessment

A recent assessment by the BCBSA TEC in August 2009 found that the use of "artificial intervertebral disc arthroplasty for the treatment of patients with cervical degenerative disc disease does not ...
UC San Francisco

UCSF spine surgeons test artificial disc for the neck

UCSF Spine Center surgeons are conducting a clinical trial to investigate the safety and effectiveness of an implant that replaces damaged discs in the neck. The trial will compare the implant to ...
JD Supra

FDA Approves Medtronic Prestige LP Cervical Disc for 2-Level Use

The FDA recently approved the Medtronic Prestige LP Cervical System for treating degenerative disc disease at two adjacent vertebral levels (between C3 and C7). The device is said to be Medtronic’s ...
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Orthofix Announces First Presentation of Seven-Year Outcome Data for the M6-C Artificial Cervical Disc With Other Clinical and Scientific Abstracts at the ISASS Annual Meeting

LEWISVILLE, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Orthofix Medical Inc. (NASDAQ:OFIX), a leading global spine and orthopedics company, today announced the presentation of multiple clinical and scientific abstracts ...
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Physical Therapy and Other Options for Neck Pain

Sometimes, simple home interventions are enough to treat cervical disc disease, in which an abnormality in one or more discs that lie between the vertebrae causes neck pain. Often, though, it helps to ...
Medscape

Artificial Disc Replacement for Degenerative Disc Disease of the Cervical Spine: A Technology Assessment

Usually the first step is conservative treatment. Patients who have radicular symptoms but who do not have weakness or myelopathy can be treated conservatively. Conservative treatment can include ...