Concurrent Use of Lumbar Total Disc Arthroplasty and Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion: The Lumbar Hybrid Procedure for the Treatment of Multilevel Symptomatic Degenerative Disc Disease
A study published by Dr. Matthew Scott-Young and colleagues in the journal Spine this month reported great results following the lumbar “hybrid” procedure whereby the L5-S1 level is fused in combination with an artificial disc replacement at the L4-5 level. This was a large study of 617 patients with 8 year follow up.
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