| | | | | problem disc collapses, which causes the vertebra |
| Artificial Lumbar Disc Replacement Surgery | | | | above to sink toward the one below. This loss of |
| Artificial disc replacement (ADR) is a device or implant | | | | disc height affects nearby structures – especially |
| used to replace a diseased or damaged intervertebral | | | | the facet joints... |
| disc. After removing what’s left of the worn out | | | | |
| disc, the ADR is inserted in the space between two | | | | Who can benefit from this procedure ? |
| lumbar vertebrae. The goal is to replace the diseased | | | | For many years, the standard of care for chronic |
| or damaged disc while keeping your normal spinal | | | | pain from a degenerated disc has been spinal fusion |
| motion. Artificial disc surgery is relatively new in the | | | | surgery. Bone graft donated by a bone bank or |
| United States but has been used in Europe for many | | | | taken from your pelvic bone is used to fuse two or |
| years. In the U.S., the first lumbar artificial disc | | | | more vertebral bones together. The spine is stabilized |
| surgery was done in clinical trials in October 2001. The | | | | but you will lose motion at that level. The increased |
| Federal Drug Administration (FDA) approved the use | | | | stress on the next lumbar vertebra can cause |
| of the lumbar ADRs in October 2004... | | | | problems later... |
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| What parts of the spine are involved ? | | | | Please log on to : |
| The human spine is made up of 24 spinal bones called | | | | Send your query : Get a Quote |
| vertebrae. Vertebrae are stacked on top of one | | | | |
| another to form the spinal column. The spinal column | | | | We Care Core Values |
| gives the body its form. It is the body's main upright | | | | We have a very simple business model that keeps |
| support. The section of the spine in the lower back is | | | | you as the centre. |
| known as the lumbar spine. Lumbar disc replacement | | | | Having the industry’s most elaborate and |
| typically occurs in the lumbar spine (from L4-S1)... | | | | exclusive Patient Care and Clinical Coordination teams |
| | | | | stationed at each partner hospital, we provide you |
| What does the surgeon hope to achieve ? | | | | the smoothest and seamless care ever imagined. |
| Disc replacement surgery is done to stop the | | | | With a ratio of one Patient Care Manager to five |
| symptoms of degenerative disc disease. Discs wear | | | | patients our patient care standards are unmatched |
| out or degenerate as a natural part of aging and | | | | across the sub continent. |
| from stress and strain on the spine. Eventually, the | | | | |