Orthopedic Clinics of North America
Volume 36, Issue 3 , Pages 301-313, July 2005

Clinical Results of ProDisc-II Lumbar Total Disc Replacement: Report from the United States Clinical Trial

Spine Research Foundation, The Spine Institute at Saint John's Health Center, Suite 400, 1301 20th Street, Santa Monica, CA 90404, USA

The much-awaited clinical use of lumbar artificial discs has begun in the United States. The United States Investigational Device Exemption (US IDE) clinical trial of the ProDisc-II prosthetic disc (Synthes, Paoli, PA) was recently completed, with all indications that it meets or surpasses the test of equivalence against fusion controls. This is a review of the clinical performance of the ProDisc-II artificial disc and includes an interim report from the US IDE trial at one site.

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PII: S0030-5898(05)00026-X

doi:10.1016/j.ocl.2005.03.004

Orthopedic Clinics of North America
Volume 36, Issue 3 , Pages 301-313, July 2005

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