Design and Surgical Technique of the FlexiCore Lumbar Artificial Disc Philippe Lauweryns Design The FlexiCore Intervertebral Disc is comprised of four components, which are assembled by the manufacturer and provided…
A New Approach to Lumbar Disc Prosthesis J. P. Steib Spine surgery is the little sister of orthopaedic surgery. In the last century, we saw limb surgery advance with arthrodeses…
Motion Preservation—Disc Replacement for Lumbar Degenerative Disorders with the ProDisc®-L Prosthesis R. Bertagnoli The development of innovative treatment options for the treatment of degenerative disc disease (DDD) is presently more…
Influence of Frontal and Sagittal Position of Total Disc Arthroplasty on Clinical Outcomes at 3 Years Follow-Up S. Aunoble J.-C. Le Huec The development of total lumbar disc prostheses has…
Charité III Artificial Disc Replacement: Indications, Preoperative Examinations, and Contraindications B. Poffyn G. Sys D. Uyttendaele The Charité III intervertebral disc prosthesis is the most widely used artificial disc replacement…
Clinical Results of Lumbar Total Disc Replacement with the Maverick Prosthesis Prospective Study, 2 to 4 Years Follow-Up J.-C. Le Huec S. Aunoble M. Ronai Y. Basso Jan Van Lommel…
U.S. Update of CHARITÉ: One Year after FDA Approval Richard D. Guyer Lucius Craig The development of the CHARITÉ began in 1982. Karin Büttner-Janz and Kurt Shellnack are the pioneers…
Functional Lumbar Artificial Nucleus Replacement—DASCOR John E. Sherman Bruce Bowman Michael Ahrens Henry Halm J.-C. Le Huec Ulf Liljenqvist Peter Donkersloot Scott Hook Hansen Yuan The human intervertebral disc consists…
Total Lumbar Disc Arthroplasty: Overview of Clinical Results for Existing Implants S. Aunoble J.-C. Le Huec Y. Basso C. Tournier Lumbar spine arthroplasty started 20 years ago and was in…
Prosthetic Disc Nucleus: Treatment with the Anterior Approach Peter Donkersloot Chronic low back pain is a common problem in our society. Where does conservative treatment end and surgical therapy begin?…
