Anyone who suffers from frequent back and neck pain, whether from general wear and tear (degenerative disc disease), or an accident, knows how debilitating it can be. When stretches, medication, ...

On Friday, Tiger Woods underwent surgery for his seventh time on his back, this time receiving a Lumbar disc replacement in his L4/5. The 15-time major champion was still recovering from Achilles ...

Here are eight surgery centers where spine surgeons perform outpatient artificial disc replacement procedures. If you would like to add a surgery center to this list, please contact Laura at ...

BYU professors of mechanical engineering Anton Bowden and Larry Howell have developed a new spinal disc replacement device. Photo taken June 11, 2012. Photography by ...

Spine surgeons are reporting that artificial disc replacement works as well and often better than spinal fusion surgery. The two procedures are performed on patients with damaged discs in the neck.

If you've been told you have a herniated disc, you probably have also been told you need a spinal fusion, which up to recently has been the traditional treatment for herniated discs in the neck.

February 27, 2009 (Las Vegas, Nevada) — A lumbar total disc replacement system (ProDisc-L) is superior to spinal-fusion surgery in relieving disability and improving patient quality of life, and it ...

For 48-year-old Usha Reddy, a homemaker by profession, a doting mother, and a caring wife, life was smooth sailing until her chronic upper back and neck pain started radiating towards her right arm, ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . GENEVA — Swedish spine researchers said total lumbar disc replacement should be given greater consideration as ...

Landmark biomechanical study shows AxioMed's viscoelastic lumbar disc is the first implant to replicate the natural mechanical behaviors of a human disc, unlocking a new era of motion-preserving spine ...

Flexuspine, which is developing a total spine disc replacement system, has added $2.1 million to a larger series B round of investment funding. CEO Vin Jannetty declined to reveal any more information ...