Severe disc degeneration is most likely to be found in the middle of the cervical spine, he said, at C5-6, and it typically progresses from that level to contiguous levels, and C7-T1 and C2-3 were ...

Single-level cervical degenerative disc disease saw better outcomes when addressed with disc replacement instead of anterior cervical discectomy and fusion, according to a meta-analysis of randomized ...

Becker’s reported on six spine-related studies since July 3. 1. Endoscopic spine patients were less likely to need readmission 30 days after surgery compared to traditional methods. Researchers ...

Cervical disc degeneration: Degeneration of the cervical disc is very microscopic in scale as the cervical discs are approximately the size of a dime to a quarter and not much thicker than this ...

CTAF Treatment of Cervical Degenerative Disc Disease The ideal treatment of compressive cervical radiculopathy has been debated. Some patients will improve without any specific treatment. [2, 3] ...

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 ...

Longer follow-up of patients with the Mobi-C cervical disc show maintenance of scores for pain, neck disability, and neurologic status, with no worsening of radiographic adjacent segment degeneration.

Use of an artificial cervical disc from Spinal Kinetics LLC in the treatment of degenerative cervical radiculopathy was safe, effective and noninferior compared with anterior cervical discectomy ...

The M6-C artificial cervical disc received CE Mark approval for distribution in the European Union and other international geographies in 2006 and there have been more than 45,000 implants of the ...