Cervical Discectomy

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ORLive Presents: Cervical Disc Replacement  -  Mar 31, 2008
Market Wire (press release)...the clinical outcomes of cervical artificial disc replacement (PRESTIGE Cervical Disc) to anterior cervical discectomy and spinal fusion procedures.

New Cervical Disc Outperforms Conventional Fusion Surgery at 2 ...  -  Mar 7, 2008
DG News...enrolled in the study, 242 received the Bryan disc device and another 221 were randomly assigned to have anterior cervical discectomy and fusion.

A New Minimally Invasive Technique for Large Volume Bone Graft ...  -  Mar 10, 2008
Ortho SuperSite,Donor site morbidity after anterior iliac crest bone harvest for single-level anterior cervical discectomy and fusion. Spine . 2003; 28(2):134-139.

REMINDER: ORLive Presents: Cervical Artificial Disc Replacement  -  Jan 24, 2008
Web Services Journal,An artificial disc surgery may be done instead of an anterior cervical discectomy and fusion. The advantages of the artificial cervical disc replacement

My Super Bowl highlight  -  Jan 25, 2008
Los Angeles Times,I suffered a ruptured disk in my neck and underwent a two-hour operation called an "anterior cervical discectomy and fusion five-six with iliac graft.

Bone graft substitute combined with bone marrow aspirate shows ...  -  27 Dec 2007
Ortho SuperSite,Paul Khoueir, MD, and colleagues evaluated outcomes for 66 consecutive patients who underwent either multi-level anterior cervical discectomy and fusion

Healos(R) Bone Graft Replacement Effective In Multi-Level ACDF And ...  -  Dec 19, 2007
Medical News Today (press release),The study is the first to evaluate the use of HEALOS in multi-level anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) and anterior cervical corpectomy and

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金�界,...the clinical outcomes of cervical artificial disc replacement (PRESTIGE Cervical Disc) to anterior cervical discectomy and spinal fusion procedures.

Artificial disc demonstrates good 2- to 3-year results in IDE trial  -  Oct 10, 2007
Ortho SuperSite,Investigators compared outcomes for 28 patients treated with anterior cervical discectomy and fusion to those for 22 patients who received the ProDisc-C

Eden’s New Technology Far From Pain in the Neck  -  Sep 25, 2007
Castro Valley Forum,For patients suffering from chronic cervical disc degeneration, who would need to undergo a cervical discectomy with spinal fusion, this new surgical

A chill down the spine  -  Sep 21, 2007
Los Angeles Times,With Everett on his back, the physicians performed what is known as an anterior cervical discectomy and realignment of C3 and C4, which involved removing

Like millions, Bryan Robson had slipped discs. But the cure could ...  -  Sep 4, 2007
Daily Mail,The first, an anterior cervical discectomy, involved the removal of the two damaged discs. This was to deal with the pain in the arm.

FDA Approves Medtronic's Prestige Cervical Disc, the First ...  -  Aug 27, 2007
Associated Content,Although Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion (ACDF) is the most common surgical treatment for cervical DDD, the Prestige® Cervical Disc actually

Medtronic Receives Approval for First Artificial Disc for the Neck ...  -  Aug 27, 2007
Business Wire (press release),Currently, the most common form of surgery for treating cervical DDD is an Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion (ACDF). More than 200000 cervical

Medtronic Receives Approval for First Artificial Disc for the Neck ...  -  Jul 16, 2007
American Digital Networks (press release),Currently, the most common form of surgery for treating cervical degenerative disc disease (DDD) is an anterior cervical discectomy and fusion.

Cervical Disc Degeneration  -  Jun 7, 2007
WSOCtv.com,The standard treatment for disc degeneration and/or herniated discs is an anterior cervical discectomy, or surgical removal of the damaged disc and any disc

REMINDER: ORLive Presents: Anterior Cervical Discectomy With Fusion  -  May 11, 2007
SYS-CON Media,Visit http://www.or-live.com/McLeodHealth/1475 now to learn more about Anterior Cervical Discectomy with Fusion and view a program preview.

REMINDER: ORLive Presents: Anterior Cervical Discectomy With Fusion  -  May 11, 2007
Market Wire (press release)FLORENCE, SC -- (MARKET WIRE) -- May 11, 2007 -- In a premiere broadcast on May 11th, at 12:00 PM EDT (16:00:00 UTC) join Neurosurgeon Andrew Rhea and

Free of Pain  -  May 15, 2007
WTHR,Since I was unable to do many of my normal activities, Dr. Sasso advised me to undergo an outpatient spine surgery called anterior cervical discectomy and

ORLive Presents: Anterior Cervical Discectomy With Fusion  -  Apr 23, 2007
SYS-CON Media,Visit http://www.or-live.com/McLeodHealth/1475 now to learn more about Anterior Cervical Discectomy with Fusion and view a program preview.

ORLive Presents: Anterior Cervical Discectomy With Fusion  -  Apr 23, 2007
Market Wire (press release)FLORENCE, SC -- (MARKET WIRE) -- April 23, 2007 -- In a premiere broadcast on May 11th, at 12:00 PM EDT (16:00:00 UTC) join Neurosurgeon Andrew Rhea and

Study Compares Surgical Treatments for Degenerative Spinal Disease  -  Mar 22, 2007
DG NewsInvestigators performed a meta-analysis of studies involving a total of 2682 cases treated with five spinal fusion procedures: anterior cervical discectomy



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