TY - JOUR
T1 - Lumbar disk replacement with the ProDisc prosthesis
AU - Mirovsky, Yigal
AU - Shalmon, Ehud
AU - Halpern, Zvi
AU - Halperin, Nahum
AU - Blankstein, Alexander
AU - Peer, Amir
PY - 2008/2
Y1 - 2008/2
N2 - Twenty-two ProDisc II prostheses (Spine Solutions, New York, New York) were implanted in 21 patients with degenerative disk disease at L5-S1 (19 disks) and L4-L5 (3 disks). After mean follow-up of 3.1 years (range, 17-49 months), pain intensity in all but 3 patients had improved from an average of 7.7 preoperatively to 4.6 postoperatively (P<.001) on a visual analog scale. Average Oswestry Disability Index score improved from 61 to 35 (P<.001). Radiographic reconstruction of the disk space height was achieved in all cases. Previous diskectomy at the implanted level and disk degeneration adjacent to previous fusion negatively influenced the results.
AB - Twenty-two ProDisc II prostheses (Spine Solutions, New York, New York) were implanted in 21 patients with degenerative disk disease at L5-S1 (19 disks) and L4-L5 (3 disks). After mean follow-up of 3.1 years (range, 17-49 months), pain intensity in all but 3 patients had improved from an average of 7.7 preoperatively to 4.6 postoperatively (P<.001) on a visual analog scale. Average Oswestry Disability Index score improved from 61 to 35 (P<.001). Radiographic reconstruction of the disk space height was achieved in all cases. Previous diskectomy at the implanted level and disk degeneration adjacent to previous fusion negatively influenced the results.
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U2 - 10.3928/01477447-20080201-22
DO - 10.3928/01477447-20080201-22
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C2 - 19292209
AN - SCOPUS:84875714242
SN - 0147-7447
VL - 31
SP - 1
EP - 5
JO - Orthopedics
JF - Orthopedics
IS - 2
ER -