[HTML][HTML] Who Should Decide How New Medical Technology Is Utilized? Completing the Algorithm With Existing Resources

JE Zigler - SAS journal, 2007 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
L5–S1 disc and that your pain is probably coming from it. A discogram is suggested. You
have no pain from discography at L3–4 or at L4–5, and you are told that both of these discs …

Who Should Decide How New Medical Technology Is

JE Zigler - 2007 - ijssurgery.com
L5–S1 disc and that your pain is probably coming from it. A discogram is suggested. You
have no pain from discography at L3–4 or at L4–5, and you are told that both of these discs …

What's new in spine surgery

TJ Choma, DS Brodke - JBJS, 2016 - journals.lww.com
Cervical Spine Total Disc Replacement Adjacent segment disease and adjacent segment
degeneration following total disc replacement at 1 or 2 levels in the cervical spine were …

Results from a randomized controlled study between total disc replacement and fusion compared with results from a spine register

S Berg, H Tropp - SAS journal, 2010 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Difficulties in performing randomized controlled trials (RCTs) to evaluate
new treatment options are increasing. Higher costs and patient unwillingness are the main …

Lumbar Degenerative Disk Disease: Fusion Versus Artificial Disk

MF Duffy, JE Zigler - Best Evidence for Spine Surgery: 20 …, 2012 - books.google.com
The diagnosis and treatment of symptomatic lumbar intervertebral disk degeneration
remains controversial in the medical literature. Although the pathoanatomy of the diseased …

Lumbar Chapter 7 Degenerative Disk Disease: Fusion Versus Artificial Disk

MF Duffy, JE Zigler - Best Evidence for Spine Surgery E-Book: 20 …, 2012 - books.google.com
The diagnosis and treatment of symptomatic lumbar intervertebral disk degeneration
remains controversial in the medical literature. Although the pathoanatomy of the diseased …

Adapting innovative motion-preserving technology to spinal surgical practice: what should we expect to happen?

DW Polly Jr - Spine, 2003 - journals.lww.com
Study Design. A literature-based review of approach-related morbidity and a conjectural
analysis of potential complications of disc arthroplasty based on experience with total joint …

How Disc Replacement Fits in the Treatment Algorithm for Degenerative Disc Disease: Refining Indications for Disc Replacement

RD Guyer, DD Ohnmeiss - Surgery for Low Back Pain, 2010 - Springer
Today, we have many surgical options for treating symptomatic degenerative disc disease
for those patients who fail adequate non-operative treatment. Though many of these …

[HTML][HTML] Disc replacement surgery

H Al-Khateeb - 2006 - publishing.rcseng.ac.uk
E: drheshamalkhateeb@ msn. com Traditionally, spinal fusion surgery (rather than artificial
disc surgery) has been the treatment of choice for individuals who have not found pain relief …

Comment on Wei et al.: Comparison of artificial total disc replacement versus fusion for lumbar degenerative disc disease: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled …

G Liao, F Deng, X Yin, J Lin - International orthopaedics, 2013 - Springer
Dear Editor, We read with great interest the recent paper “Comparison of artificial total disc
replacement versus fusion for lumbar degenerative disc disease: a meta-analysis of …