Clinical results of ProDisc-II lumbar total disc replacement: report from the United States clinical trial.

Delamarter, Rick B; Bae, Hyun W; Pradhan, Ben B · Orthop Clin North Am · 2005

prospective_cohort · Level II

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Abstract

The much-awaited clinical use of lumbar artificial discs has begun in the United States. The United States Investigational Device Exemption (US IDE) clinical trial of the ProDisc-II prosthetic disc (Synthes, Paoli, PA) was recently completed, with all indications that it meets or surpasses the test of equivalence against fusion controls. This is a review of the clinical performance of the ProDisc-II artificial disc and includes an interim report from the US IDE trial at one site.

Medical subject headings

Anatomy