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The ProDisc-L lumbar prosthesis

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Degenerative disc disease at some stage requires surgical treatment to improve the pain situation. As opposed to fusion technologies, which bring immediate pain relief but that will again develop over the next years due to adjacent level disease, motion-sparing devices appear to avoid this condition. The ProDisc-L is a ball and socket design with a semi-constrained biomechanical concept implanted to replace the intervertebral disc. The surgical procedure has a minimal learning curve and a low complication rate, in treatment of low back pain. Long-term results in terms of radiological data, clinical data, and subjective scores like VAS, ODI, SF-36 show high patient satisfaction and indicate an equal or sometimes superior treatment option over fusion procedures.

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  1. ProSpine First European Center for Spine Athroplasty and Associated Non-fusion Technologies, Kay 2a, G-94315, Straubing, Germany

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Bertagnoli, R., Habbicht, H. The ProDisc-L lumbar prosthesis. Interact Surg 3, 209–213 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11610-007-0042-6

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