What patients can undergo artificial disc replacement surgery?

Need specialist: There are several locations and surgeons who perform many disk replacements and can answer your questions about who can get a disk replacement. Fda regulations specify age 18-59. There cannot be much instability in the segment being considered for disk replacement. Make sure you investigate the place where you're considering having it done- preferably a place that participated in the studies.

Ones indicated for a: The same ones who would otherwise be treated with a fusion usually at one level but with no infection, no instabilty, no osteoporosis, no facet arthritis, no deformity and no significant disc space collapse.