prospective, randomized, multicenter food and drug administration investigational device exemption...
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Prospective, Randomized, Multicenter Food and Drug Administration Investigational Device Exemption Study of
the ProDisc-L Total Disc Replacement Compared with Circumferential Arthrodesis for the Treatment of Two-Level
Lumbar Degenerative Disc Disease
by Rick Delamarter, Jack E. Zigler, Richard A. Balderston, Frank P. Cammisa, Jeffrey A. Goldstein, and Jeffrey M. Spivak
J Bone Joint Surg AmVolume 93(8):705-715
April 20, 2011
©2011 by The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc.
Flow diagram of the study design.
Rick Delamarter et al. J Bone Joint Surg Am 2011;93:705-715
©2011 by The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc.
Lateral radiographs of the lumbar spine of a thirty-eight-year-old man, made twenty-four months after treatment with the ProDisc-L total disc replacement at L3-L4 and L4-L5.
Rick Delamarter et al. J Bone Joint Surg Am 2011;93:705-715
©2011 by The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc.
Line graph showing the percentage of patients using narcotics for each surgical treatment over time.
Rick Delamarter et al. J Bone Joint Surg Am 2011;93:705-715
©2011 by The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc.