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After Surgery. Surgery with the ProDisc-L Total Disc Replacement is considered major sur-gery. As with any major surgery, you should expect some discomfort as well as a period of rehabilitation. Your doctor may prescribe medicines to help you manage any pain or nausea you may experience.
The clinical trial involved a total of 161 patients who received the prodisc® L Total Disc Replacement compared to 68 who received a lumbar fusion procedure. In lumbar fusion surgery, the...
26 Δεκ 2018 · Five-year results of the prospective, randomized, multicenter, Food and Drug Administration investigational device exemption study of the ProDisc-L total disc replacement versus circumferential arthrodesis for the treatment of single-level degenerative disc disease: clinical article.
The prodisc L Total Disc Replacement should not be implanted in patients with the following conditions: Active systemic infection or infection localized to the site of implantation. Osteopenia or osteoporosis defined as DEXA bone density measured T-score < -1.0. Bony lumbar spinal stenosis.
The ProDisc-C Total Disc Replacement should only be used in patients who are at least 22 years of age, have only one unhealthy disc, and have had neck or arm pain for at least six (6) weeks that did not respond to nonoperative care (physical therapy, medication, etc.).
The study objective was to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of the ProDisc-L Total Disc Replacement compared to circumferential spinal fusion surgery for the treatment of discogenic pain associated with degenerative disc disease (DDD) at one level between L3 and S1. Study Design.
15 Οκτ 2003 · Results. This analysis includes data up to 6 months from the first 53 randomized patients. There were 35 patients who underwent disc replacements, and 18 patients had fusion procedures. Disc replacement patients had a significant reduction in pain and disability at earlier evaluations.
