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Recent News and Articles on the Keywords: disc pain + disc replacement + disc  Related to the article below (Last Update: 8/5/2008)

MetroHealth offers disc replacement for bulging neck discs
WKYC-TV, OH -
But Lechner says a two-year study showed disc replacement patients had less neck pain than fusion patients and returned to work faster.
Cardinals' Duncan has successful surgery
Sports Network -
The procedure consisted of a cervical disc replacement, and Duncan will need three-to-four months to recover. Duncan was placed on the disabled list July 22 ...
NJ-Based Surgeon Helps Pioneer Dramatic Advance in Treating ...
MarketWatch - Jul 29, 2008
With the Total Disc Replacement option, patients retain greater flexibility, and experience far less post-operative pain. An interview with Dr. Giordano ...
Frost & Sullivan Recognizes Disc Motion Technologies for its ...
FOXBusiness - Jul 17, 2008
It offers a solution that restores the physiological motion of the spine and thereby alleviates pain. "Having identified the fact that disc-only anterior ...
St. Luke's surgeons perform cervical disc replacement
Trading Markets (press release), CA - Jul 23, 2008
Cervical disc replacement may be an option for an estimated 15 percent of the 300 to 500 people who undergo spinal fusion each year at Boise area hospitals, ...OTC:CMTX - MDT
FDA Approves Expanded 510k Classification for Titan Spine's ...
MarketWatch - Jul 29, 2008
Degenerative Disc Disease is defined as discogenic back pain with degeneration of the disc confirmed by patient history and radiographic studies. ...
What's New in Orthopaedic Research
Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (subscription) - Aug 1, 2008
The average time to revision was 423 days for the fusion group and 266 days for the group of patients with a total disc replacement. ...
Hydration Will Be Key For Beijing Bound Olympians, What Every ...
Prudent Press Agency (press release), Netherlands - Jul 25, 2008
"The problem with dehydration is it reduces sports performance," said Dr. Joe Horrigan, director of the Soft Tissue Center at DISC Spine and Sports and one ...
? Healthwatch - Health insurance problems
KRCG, MO - Jul 24, 2008
A study funded by a disc maker says after two years disc replacement surgery is cheaper than fusion because it allows patients to return to work more ...
Mets minor league report
New York Daily News, NY - Aug 3, 2008
Bowman underwent a last-resort surgical procedure last year that involved the removal of a disk, and the insertion of two screws in vertebrae, two screws in ...
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Lumbar Disc Replacement: Preliminary Results with ProDisc II After a Minimum Follow-Up Period of 1 … -
P Tropiano, RC Huang, FP Girardi, T Marnay - Spine, 2003 - spinejournal.com
... Ray CD. ... JN, ed. Clinical Efficacy and Outcome in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Low
Back Pain. ... Marnay T. Lumbar disc replacement: 7-10 year results with ProDisc ...

Artificial disc replacement with the modular type SB Charit? III: 2-year results in 50 … -
WS Zeegers, L Bohnen, M Laaper, MJA Verhaegen - European Spine Journal, 1999 - Springer
... R, Miller S (1993) Arti- ficial disc replacement: preliminary re ... Indications for
consideration of the artificial disc. ... diagnosis and treatment of low back pain. ...

Total disc replacement for chronic low back pain: background and a systematic review of the … -
M de Kleuver, F Oner, W Jacobs - European Spine Journal, 2003 - Springer
... In a search for a better operative treatment of chronic low back pain, total disc
replacement has received increasing attention over the last years. ...

Results of Disc Prosthesis After a Minimum Follow-Up Period of 2 Years. -
G Cinotti, T David, F Postacchini - Spine, 1996 - spinejournal.com
... levels may accelerate degenerative changes of discs and facet ... The efficacy of artificial
disc replacement in the treatment of low back pain is still ...

ProDisc Artificial Total Lumbar Disc Replacement: Introduction and Early Results From the United … -
RB Delamarter, DM Fribourg, LEA Kanim, H Bae - Spine, 2003 - spinejournal.com
... In one spine center in Germany, a total of 134 discs were replaced in 108 patients
with 3-month to 2 ... Disc replacement patients display less pain on the VAS ...

Minimally invasive total disc replacement: surgical technique and preliminary clinical results -
H Mayer, K Wiechert, A Korge, I Qose - European Spine Journal, 2002 - Springer
... study. Keywords Artificial disc ? Degenerative disc disease ? Lumbar
spine ? Total disc replacement ? Low-back pain ORIGINAL ...

Complications of Artificial Disc Replacement: A Report of 27 Patients with the SB Charite Disc. -
A van Ooij, FC Oner, AJ Verbout - Spine, 2003 - spinejournal.com
... functional status prior to the disc replacement, but all ... constant back pain and leg
pain for considerable ... were collected and showed degenerative discs in all ...

SB Charite Disc Replacement: Report of 60 Prospective Randomized Cases in a US Center. -
PC McAfee, IL Fedder, S Saiedy, EM Shucosky, BW … - Spine, 2003 - spinejournal.com
... his typical pain, while injections of the L4-L5 (P0) and L3-L4 (P0) discs were
asymptomatic. D, Following L5-S1 SB Charit? artificial disc replacement, his ...

Long-Term Flexion-Extension Range of Motion of the Prodisc Total Disc Replacement. -
RC Huang, FP Girardi, FP Cammisa Jr, P Tropiano, T … - Journal of Spinal Disorders & Techniques, 2003 - jspinaldisorders.com
... Finally, a total disc replacement should maintain normal sagittal ... junctional
degeneration 6 and low back pain. ... the first-generation Prodisc disc prosthesis at ...

Indications for full prosthetic disc arthroplasty: a correlation of clinical outcome against a …
R Bertagnoli, S Kumar - Eur Spine J, 2002 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
... to formulate indication criteria for disc replacement surgeries ... scale, the visual
analog pain scale, and ... Progression of disc degeneration at the adjacent levels ...

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Disc Replacement In Neck Relieves Pain, Preserves Mobility
The neck and arm pain caused by degenerative cervical (neck) disc disease may be eliminated by replacing the problem disc with a metal-on-metal artificial disc, said Loyola University Health System neurological surgeon Dr. Russ P. Nockels.

Loyola was the first and only medical center in the Chicago area five years ago to begin evaluating the Medtronic PRESTIGE ™Artificial Cervical Disc that the FDA approved July 16, 2007. This is the only cervical disc approved by the FDA. Nockels was principal investigator for the Loyola site.
It is estimated that more than half of people ages 40 and older have cervical disc disease, characterized by degenerative changes in the upper spine. Cervical discs are located between the seven vertebrae of the neck.

"The prosthesis simulates the function of a natural cervical disc and provides patients with the ability to move their necks compared to the traditional practice of spinal fusion," said Nockels, associate professor and vice chair, department of neurological surgery, Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine, Maywood, Ill. "As a result, patients recover more quickly and get back to work faster.

"The results of the clinical trial show that the disc is strong enough to withstand sudden movement and to support the head," said Nockels. "Patients are able to move their head up and down, and from side to side."

When Wheaton, Ill., resident Tom N's neck pain was diagnosed as degenerative disc disease, the then-41-year-old businessman could barely lift a cup of coffee. He didn't know if he could ever play golf again. But after surgery at Loyola, Tom plays golf, wrestles with his children and lifts his coffee cup and other objects with ease.

"Since the surgery, Tom no longer has neck and arm pain; no longer experiences numbness at night; and no longer has trouble sleeping," said Nockels.

Natural discs are gel-like cushions that act as shock absorbers between each vertebrae in the spine. Herniation, resulting from disc degeneration, injury or heavy lifting, can occur when a portion of the disc is pushed out of place and presses on adjacent nerve endings.

Symptoms include pain radiating down the arm and numbness, in addition to neck pain. As a result, many people have difficulty sleeping. Discs dehydrate and shrink over time, producing areas where bone touches bone. Cervical disc disease typically increases as baby boomers age.

The new artificial disc, placed through an incision at the front of the neck, is designed to alleviate neck pain and other ailments associated with disc herniations, spinal arthritis and other spine degenerative conditions. The disc consists of a stainless-steel ball and trough that functions as a joint. It is attached to the vertebrae with screws. The components are designed to act as a pivot point, which may allow the spine to move more naturally.
Loyola was one of 20 centers nationwide evaluating the device in a study monitored by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

"The new device eliminates the need for transplanted human bone, which is required with spinal fusion," said Nockels. "In addition, it permits more motion of the neck. This reduces the likelihood of stress on the surrounding vertebrae, which could lead to further degeneration in adjacent discs.

"Previously, the only approved method to help patients was to clear away the problem disc material and then fuse adjacent cervical vertebrae together with screws and a metal plate," said Nockels. "This permanent fusion of bone eliminates normal movement and adds stress on the vertebrae above and below the fusion.

"Although anecdotal, several disc recipients in the clinical trial have been involved in serious motor vehicle accidents," said Nockels. "One was a front-end crash; another occurred 10 weeks after the disc surgery. Some patients were subject to air bag deployment.

In spite of this, follow-up X-rays of these patients show continued normal function and no device-related problems," Nockels reported.

Nockels noted that the artificial cervical disk is not for everyone. You have to have some ability to move, so someone with severe arthritis is not a candidate. In addition, the cervical disc disease must be only in one level of the neck, not throughout.

Nockels also is the chief of Loyola's division of neurological spinal disorder and director of the spinal cord injury repair laboratory.

The department of neurological surgery is actively involved in research on complex neurological pathologies and its spinal cord injury repair lab is investigating novel treatments for repair of the injured spinal cord.

Loyola University Health System, a wholly owned subsidiary of Loyola University Chicago (LUC), includes the private teaching hospital at Loyola University Medical Center (LUMC),14 specialty and primary care centers in the western and southwestern suburbs, the Loyola Ambulatory Surgery Center at Oakbrook and the Loyola Oakbrook Terrace Imaging Center; and serves as co-owner-operator of RML Specialty Hospital, a long-term acute hospital specializing in ventilation weaning and other medically complex patients in suburban Hinsdale, Ill. Loyola is nationally recognized for its specialty care and groundbreaking research in cancer, neurological disorders, neonatology and the treatment of heart disease. The 61-acre medical center campus in Maywood, Ill., includes the 589-licensed bed Loyola University Hospital with a Level I trauma center, the region's largest burn unit, one of the Midwest's most comprehensive organ transplant programs, the Russo Surgical Pavilion and the Ronald McDonald® Children's Hospital of LUMC. Also on campus are Loyola's Center for Heart & Vascular Medicine, the Cardinal Bernardin Cancer Center, Loyola Outpatient Center and LUC Stritch School of Medicine. The medical school includes the Cardiovascular Institute, Oncology Institute, Burn & Shock Trauma Institute, Neuroscience Institute and the Neiswanger Institute for Bioethics and Health Policy.

Loyola University Health System
2160 S. First Ave.
Maywood, IL 60153
United States
http://www.luhs.org
 
 
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