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Top Spine Surgeons Speak Out About Artificial Disc Replacement Surgery

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Overview - Disc Replacement Surgery Luckily, not many individuals who experience low back or neck pain will require surgery to get relief from their uneasiness. In any case, if conservative treatments haven't settled your pain within six months and your primary care physician has verified that your disc joint is the source of your constant pain, you may be a possibility for disc replacement surgery.   Spinal fusion — the most widely recognized kind of back surgery for painful joints — includes fusing two vertebrae.  Disc replacement surgery  is a newer procedure that replaces the issue disc joint with an artificial one made of metal and plastic.  Artificial Disc Replacement Surgery in India Disc replacement surgery procedure Disc replacement surgery happens under general anesthesia. The strategy takes 1-2 hours, followed by 3-5 days for recovery. The initial step is to evacuate the diseased disc before introducing the artificial replacement. The disc prosthe...

Artificial Disc Replacement For Degenerative Disc Disease Of The Cervical Spine

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Introduction An artificial disc replacement is a device which is implanted into the spine to imitate the functions of a normal disc. There are many artificial disc designs and it is classified into two types: total disc replacement and disc nucleus replacement. With a total disc replacement, all or most of the disc tissue is removed and a replacement device is implanted into a space between the vertebrae. With a disc replacement, only the center of the disc is removed and replaced with an implant and the outer part of the disc is not removed. Usually the artificial discs are made of metal or plastic like materials or a combination of the two. Some devices have a soft, compressible plastic-like piece between these plates and these devices allow the motion by smooth, curved surfaces that slide across each other. Cervical Degenerative Disc Disease The cervical disc degeneration is a common cause of neck pain that is most frequently felt as a stiff neck. The cervical degene...