Total disc replacement: a modified posterior lumbar interbody fusion. Report of 750 cases.
Total disc replacement is a modification of posterior lumbar interbody fusion. A study of 750 patients treated by total disc replacement with allogeneic bone shows that the operation is complicated but uniquely effective. Successful results have occurred in over 90% of the cases.
D016025:Bone Transplantation; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D013123:Spinal Fusion / Q000379:methods*; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous