I'm an orthopedic spine surgeon here in San Antonio, Texas. Today, we are doing a cervical artificial disc replacement. This is a procedure that is done to replace the cushions in the neck with ...

Surgery is typically indicated when six months of conservative therapy have not been successful, if there is a neurologic deficit attributable to the cervical disc disease or when the symptoms ...

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Currently, anterior cervical discectomy is the most common procedure used. This may be performed alone or with the addition of fusion (insertion of a bone graft) and with or without instrumentation ...

This similar procedure replaces a disc in the cervical (neck) spine through a small incision in the front of the neck. Disc replacement isn’t appropriate for everyone. If your condition involves ...

1.26% — The rate of lumbar disc replacement revisions since 2000, according to a study out of Plano-based Texas Back Institute. The study examined data from 2,141 lumbar disc replacements. In a ...

Two surgical options yield similar results for degenerative disc disease. For some people with degenerative disease in the lumbar spine, artificial disc replacement (ADR) is superior in several ways ...