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.

DEBORAH: AND TONIGHT’S WOMAN’S DOCTOR, A LOOK AT ARTIFICIAL DISC REPLACEMENT SURGERY. IT CAN CAUSE TERRIBLE PAIN AND NERVE PAIN GOING DOWN THE ARM. MERCY MEDICAL CENTER DOCTOR CHARLES EDWARDS II, SAYS ...

When Cheryl Trevithick was dealing with chronic neck pain from a disc herniation, her husband learned about a solution that made perfect sense to his engineering-wired brain: cervical disc replacement ...

It was recently revealed that X Japan drummer Yoshiki was in need of cervical artificial disc replacement surgery and that it had led to the cancellation of all the band's promotional activities ...

For decades, anterior cervical discectomy fusion has been the gold-standard surgery to relieve pain from a herniated disc in the neck, but a new procedure is delivering better outcomes and reducing ...

(CHICAGO) – Rush University Medical Center is one of the few sites in the country selected to participate in a clinical trial for the Artificial Cervical (neck) Disc, the latest technology in the ...

CHICAGO — Results presented here showed a significantly greater overall clinical success rate with cervical disc replacement in patients with cervical disc disease compared with anterior cervical ...

Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion is widely used to treat spinal disorders. The fusion involves placing a bone graft or 'cage' and/or implants where the surgically removed damaged disc was ...

Centre for Health, Exercise and Sports Medicine, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Associate Professor P McCrory, Centre for Health, Exercise and Sports Medicine, University of Melbourne, ...

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