The M6-C artificial cervical disc was commercialized outside of the United States in 2006 and has an established robust clinical history with over 60,000 discs implanted in over 20 countries, with ...

Spine surgeons at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and other U.S. centers are reporting that artificial disc replacement works as well and often better than spinal fusion surgery.

Data for the patients implanted with the M6-C disc in this pivotal study show retention of statistically significant benefits in disability and neck, shoulder and arm pain scores at three and four ...

A Davis-Monthan airman is the first patient in Southern Arizona to undergo a new surgery — using artificial spinal discs — to relieve the kind of severe lower back pain suffered by millions of ...

Russ Rice's back pain was so intense he could hardly walk. Two surgeries had failed to offer lasting help for his damaged spinal disc, and only large doses of painkillers got him through each day.

As with artificial discs for the back, the Prestige offers patients a greater range of motion than they would have with fusion. A post-approval study is required as a condition of approval.The bigger ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . An artificial cervical disc improved clinical outcomes vs. anterior cervical discectomy and fusion at 5-year ...

People with lower back pain who are mulling a total artificial disc replacement operation may have to wait awhile to get some choice in the marketplace. Currently, two artificial-disc products are ...

All Ruthann Jacklin really wanted was to lift her 2-year-old daughter, Joanna, and give her a big hug. It was a simple enough wish, but one denied Jacklin because of the nagging, sometimes crippling ...

Johnson & Johnson’s artificial spinal disc won U.S. approval for relieving severe low back pain, the company said Tuesday. The metal-and-plastic disc, called Charite, is an alternative to surgery that ...