title: Editor's preface: the science of intervertebral disc replacement.
authors.forename: Hans-Joachim
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Wilke
authors.forename: Stephen J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Ferguson
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D055959:Intervertebral Disc Degeneration / Q000601:surgery*; D011474:Prosthesis Design / Q000639:trends*; D059145:Total Disc Replacement / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends*