Treatment of symptomatic adjacent-segment degeneration after lumbar fusion with total disc arthroplasty by using the prodisc prosthesis: a prospective study with 2 …

R Bertagnoli, JJ Yue, A Fenk-Mayer, J Eerulkar… - … of Neurosurgery: Spine, 2006 - thejns.org
Object The authors conducted a prospective longitudinal study to assess the efficacy of
ProDisc arthroplasty in patients in whom symptomatic adjacent-segment degeneration has …

Lumbar total disc arthroplasty in patients older than 60 years of age: a prospective study of the ProDisc prosthesis with 2-year minimum follow-up period

R Bertagnoli, JJ Yue, R Nanieva, A Fenk-Mayer… - … of Neurosurgery: Spine, 2006 - thejns.org
Object The authors conducted a prospective longitudinal study to obtain outcome (minimum
follow-up period 2 years) regarding the safety and efficacy of single-level lumbar disc (…

The treatment of disabling multilevel lumbar discogenic low back pain with total disc arthroplasty utilizing the ProDisc prosthesis: a prospective study with 2-year …

R Bertagnoli, JJ Yue, RV Shah, R Nanieva, F Pfeiffer… - Spine, 2005 - journals.lww.com
Study Design. Prospective, longitudinal minimum 2-year follow-up. Objective. To assess the
efficacy and safety of the Prodisc implant in patients with disabling multilevel discogenic low …

Sagittal balance influences range of motion: an in vivo study with the ProDisc-C

D Rabin, R Bertagnoli, N Wharton, GE Pickett… - The Spine Journal, 2009 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND CONTEXT: Cervical arthroplasty is designed to maintain cervical motion of
the functional spinal unit after cervical discectomy. The impact of the ProDisc-C (Synthes …

Indications for full prosthetic disc arthroplasty: a correlation of clinical outcome against a variety of indications

R Bertagnoli, S Kumar - Arthroplasty of the Spine, 2004 - Springer
In this prospective study, a total of 134 prosthetic discs were replaced in 108 patients
undergoing total disc replacement surgeries for degenerative disc disease. It was the aim of this …

Early results after ProDisc-C cervical disc replacement

R Bertagnoli, JJ Yue, F Pfeiffer, A Fenk-Mayer… - … of Neurosurgery: Spine, 2005 - thejns.org
Object. Cervical anterior decompression and total-disc replacement is currently being
investigated as an alternative treatment in patients with symptomatic intervertebral cervical …

The treatment of disabling single-level lumbar discogenic low back pain with total disc arthroplasty utilizing the Prodisc prosthesis: a prospective study with 2-year …

R Bertagnoli, JJ Yue, RV Shah, R Nanieva, F Pfeiffer… - Spine, 2005 - journals.lww.com
Study Design. Prospective, longitudinal minimum 2-year follow-up. Objective. To assess the
efficacy and safety of the Prodisc implant in patients with disabling single-level discogenic …

Mechanical testing of a novel hydrogel nucleus replacement implant

R Bertagnoli, CT Sabatino, JT Edwards, GA Gontarz… - 2005 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND CONTEXT: Both total disc and nucleus replacement arthroplastic
approaches are emerging as viable treatment modalities for discogenic pain resulting from …

Complications and strategies for revision surgery in total disc replacement.

R Bertagnoli, J Zigler, A Karg, S Voigt - The Orthopedic clinics of …, 2005 - europepmc.org
Spinal arthroplasty is an acceptable alternative to fusion in many cases of disabling
degenerative disc disease. Although arthroplasty has been demonstrated to be a safe and …

Cervical total disc replacement, part two: clinical results

R Bertagnoli, N Duggal, GE Pickett… - Orthopedic …, 2005 - orthopedic.theclinics.com
Design The ProDisc-C prosthesis (Fig. 1) was designed to be implanted in a simple surgical
procedure with a few steps. The ProDisc-C restores segmental motion, foraminal height, …