[Artificial Disc Replacement] Artificial cervical and lumbar disc implants: a review of the literature

[Justin]

Thanks to Kokanee for sending me this. It's from 2005, but it has a ton of great information. Artificial Cervical and Lumbar Disc Implants: a review of the literature.

Table of Contents

Page

• Background
  1
• Objectives
  3
• Materials and method
  4
• Results
  5
• Artificial Intervertebral Disc
  5
• Published early reviews on artificial cervical and/or lumbar disc
  10

1. Disc prostheses and arthrodesis in degenerative disease of the lumbar spine
   10
2. Prosthetic intervertebral disc replacement
   11
3. Procedure brief: Artificial cervical disc replacement
   12
4. Rapid review: Artificial intervertebral (lumbar) disc replacement
   13
5. Total disc replacement for chronic low back pain: background and a systematic review of the literature
   14
6. Artificial discs: Applications to cervical and lumbar spinal surgery for degenerative disc disease
   15

• Published primary studies on artificial cervical disc
  16
• The US FDA Investigational Device Exemption RCT on Charité III® artificial lumbar disc
  17
• Reimbursement status of artificial cervical disc in other workers’ compensation boards and private insurances
  20
• Workers’ Compensation Board in Canada and the US
  20
• Private health insurance reimbursement policy
  20
• Summary and Conclusions
  21
• Table I
  22-33
• Appendix 1
  34
• Reference
  35-41

[Kokanee]

One impression I was left with after reading this is that it seems quite a few "medical trials" are managed very poorly. Constant references wrt the studies contained within regarding lack of documentation, failure to define specific criteria or goals/performance capabilities... However there are a lot of good numbers in there indeed, especially for any Canadian pers looking for info as quite a few of the studies are Canadian trials.