Anyone who suffers from frequent back and neck pain, whether from general wear and tear (degenerative disc disease), or an accident, knows how debilitating it can be. When stretches, medication, ...

On Friday, Tiger Woods underwent surgery for his seventh time on his back, this time receiving a Lumbar disc replacement in his L4/5. The 15-time major champion was still recovering from Achilles ...

Tiger Woods underwent lumbar disc replacement surgery in his lower back after experiencing pain and a lack of mobility, the 15-time major golf champion announced on Saturday. Woods said he had the ...

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One of the most innovative technologies in spine surgery within the past 20 years has been the ability to replace a damaged cervical or lumbar disc with an artificial joint instead of a fusion.

Backed by more than three decades of clinical evidence and innovation, the prodisc platform continues to advance total disc ...

The second largest commercial payer in Arizona has issued new evidence-based criteria supporting one-and two-level lumbar total disc replacement (TDR), expanding access to this treatment option for ...

MIAMI (Ivanhoe Newswire/WTVM) -- For the first time in ten years, people with chronic back pain now have a new option to get them back on their feet. The FDA recently approved the newest generation of ...

Here are five spine surgeons who perform outpatient total disc replacements in ASCs. For questions, comments and additions to this list, contact Laura Dyrda at [email protected]. To learn ...

Reoperation rates between cervical disc replacement and anterior cervical discectomy and fusion didn’t see significant differences in reoperation risks. However disc replacement had some advantage in ...