Background Pain patterns associated with the facet and sacroiliac joints following lumbar
total disc replacement correlate with biomechanical modeling observations, such as load …

Background The US Food and Drug Administration approved the Charité artificial disc on
October 26, 2004. This approval was based on an extensive analysis and review process; …

The diagnosis and treatment of symptomatic lumbar intervertebral disk degeneration
remains controversial in the medical literature. Although the pathoanatomy of the diseased …

Low back pain is the leading cause of disability worldwide in industrial nations. 1, 2 The
pathology underlying chronic low back pain is associated with numerous factors including …

Neural decompression procedures violate the structural integrity of the spine and may lead
to segmental spinal instability unless fusion is performed. Spinal fusion procedures increase …

Introduction Chronic discogenic low back pain (CD‐LBP) is caused by degeneration of the
disc due to trauma to the annulus or by unprovoked degeneration, resulting in chronic pain …

Background When conservative therapies for low back pain (LBP) are not effective, elective
surgery may be proposed to these patients. Over the last 20 years, a new technology, disc …

Study Design: Retrospective cohort study. Objective: To determine risks associated with
posterior lumbar arthrodesis after spinal cord stimulator (SCS) and intrathecal pain pump …

Although a variety of biomechanical laboratory investigations and radiological studies have
highlighted the potential problems associated with total lumbar disc replacement (TDR), no …

BACKGROUND CONTEXT: Fusion is the standard surgical treatment for discogenic pain,
but its clinical outcomes lag behind its radiographic success. Total disc replacement (TDR) …