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Dr. Jason Cuéllar and Dr. Todd Lanman are highly regarded for their contributions to cervical spine surgery, as featured in the authoritative medical text, Operative Techniques in Spine Surgery.
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The purpose of this study was to examine facet contact forces above, below, and at surgical index levels induced by artificial disc implantation and compare the results from spiked versus keeled baseplates comprising the arthroplasty device.
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This was a retrospective study with prospective patient contact attempted to collect current data.
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36-Year-Old Male with History of Neck Pain Radiating Into Both Shoulders, Numbness in Radial 3 Fingers of Both Hands
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Motion of a solid body involves translation and rotation. Few investigations examine the isolated translational and rotational components associated with disc arthroplasty devices.
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A 22-year-old woman with Klippel-Feil syndrome who underwent cervical disc arthroplasty (CDA) presented 3 months postoperatively with worsening neck pain and radiculopathy.
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D.N. is a 36 year-old male with nearly 20 years of progressive low back pain. He loves to mountain bike and hike but his progressive low back pain was preventing him from doing these activities that he enjoys. This pain was likely from a degenerative disc at L5-S1. He then had a disc herniation at L5-S1...
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J.H. is a 27 year old gentleman over a year of neck pain and severe left arm pain that radiated into his middle finger.
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N.D. is a 44 year old gentleman with several years of low back pain, intermittent back spasms and more recently bilateral buttock pain. He exercises regularly and the pain has interfered with his exercise and with his job. XRAY demonstrated some collapse at L5-S1 and MRI demonstrated degenerative disc...
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T.B. is a 37 year old man with chronic low back pain radiating into both legs. He works as a personal trainer and likes to race cars, hike, mountain bike and run. He has been unable to enjoy his hobbies due to his pain. After failing extensive non-operative treatment including physical therapy we decided...
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J.D. is a 33 year old man with low back pain radiating down the leg into the calf. His hobbies including alpine skiing, which has been difficult due to the pain. After failing extensive non-operative treatment including physical therapy, chiropractic, and acupuncture, we decided to proceed with artificial...
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B.H. is a 40 year old male with over 20 years of low back pain after an injury while weight-lifting in college. The pain has been getting worse with more frequent bouts of debilitating pain, now to the point that it is greatly interfering with his life.
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51 year old gentleman who works as a massage therapist with progressively worsening neck pain radiating into his right shoulder. He began to develop weakness in his right arm which made it difficult to perform his job as a therapist. Pre-surgical imaging demonstrated two levels of cervical degenerative...
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K.S. is a 47 year old man who sustained a cervical spine injury resulting in a disc herniation at the C5-6 level. He was having neck pain that radiated to his right shoulder and arm. He also had numbness and tingling in his thumb and index finger that was very bothersome.
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M.H. is a 63 year old gentleman with a history of ankylosing spondylitis causing his entire spine to be fused in a bent forward position (kyphosis). This position was making it very difficult for him to look up from the ground to talk to other people. It was also impossible for him to sit upright normally...
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81 year old active woman who loves to hike presented with numbness in hands and was found to have spinal stenosis with spinal cord compression at 4 levels.
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This study is seeking patients with degenerative cervical radiculopathy requiring surgical intervention, confirmed clinically and radiographically, at two contiguous vertebral levels from C3 to C7.
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Do you have degenerative disc disease in your neck? Synergy Spine Solutions is conducting a clinical trial for people with single level cervical degenerative disc disease.
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