February 27, 2009 (Las Vegas, Nevada) — A lumbar total disc replacement system (ProDisc ... disc pain at 2 vertebral levels between L3 and S1. In the prospective study, 237 patients at 16 ...

"The demand for disc replacement has been compounding over ... lumbar disc would allow me to perform my own access above L5-S1, so my fusion cases for degenerated intervertebral disc disease ...

L5-S1 is vulnerable to misalignment and injury. It can also be the site of a disc herniation or a spine disorder called spondylolisthesis. The spinal column is the structure that allows you to ...

The MOTUS device, a posterior total joint replacement developed by 3Spine, Inc., replaces both the intervertebral disc and facet joints at L5-S1. Directly above, the TOPS System was implanted at ...

Back to Healio L5-S1 degenerative disc disease is a common pathologic entity, and many surgical interventions have been entertained for the treatment of this condition. It has been my experience ...

Todd Lanman, MD, and Jared Ament, MD, performed the first known case combining the Motus total joint replacement implant and the Tops system at adjacent levels. The landmark case was performed on a ...

I was a 41-year-old marathoner. I say ‘was’ because I just recently had a microdiscectomy on my L5-S1. After my MRI it was discovered that that disc was degenerated; so much so the surgeon ...

Evidence-based recommendations on prosthetic intervertebral disc replacement in the lumbar spine. This involves removing the damaged disc and inserting an artificial disc in its place. This guidance ...

Transforaminal endoscopic disc removal in the L5-S1 motion segment of the lumbar spine creates a technical challenge due to anatomical reasons and individual variability. The majority of surgeons ...