Tag: cervical disc arthroplasty
Single-level anterior cervical discectomy: A “solid alternative” to fusion or arthroplasty
Results of a double-blinded randomised controlled trial indicate that anterior cervical disc arthroplasty (ACDA) does not lead to a superior outcome in comparison to...
Simplify Medical closes additional US$23.25 million in second tranche of series...
Simplify Medical, a company focused on cervical spinal disc arthroplasty and maker of the Simplify cervical artificial disc, has announced a second tranche of...
AANS Neurosurgery: Stepwise illustration of teeth-fixation semi-constrained cervical disc arthroplasty
In this video from the Journal of Neurosurgery, researchers present the case of a 53-year-old woman with "symptoms of both radiculopathy and myelopathy caused...
AANS: Two-level cervical arthroplasty using a “no-distraction” technique
In this video shared by the Journal of Neurosurgery, researchers describe the surgical nuances of two-level cervical arthroplasty in a case of 2-level degenerative...
Scott Blumenthal
Scott Blumenthal (Plano, USA) is best known as the first surgeon to perform an artificial disc replacement in the USA. His pioneering research into...