Nonfusion Technologies in Spine Surgery

Cover......Page 1
Editors......Page 2
Preface......Page 13
Economy and Ethics......Page 0
1 - Adjacent Level Disc Biomechanics......Page 15
2 - Radiologic Assessment of All Unfused Lumbar Segments After Instrumented Posterior Spinal Fusion......Page 35
3 - Physiology of the Intervertebral Disc......Page 46
4 - Natural Evolution and Resolution of Chronic Low Back Pain......Page 64
5 - Dynamic MRI in the Seated Position Increases Insight into Diseases of the Lumbar Spine......Page 77
6 - Molecular Therapy of the Intervertebral Disc......Page 93
7 - Nucleus Pulposus Regeneration: Present Limitations and Future Opportunities......Page 119
8 - What is the Evidence Base for IDET?......Page 137
9 - Lumbar Spinal Stenosis with Low Back Pain: Is Fusion Necessary?......Page 163
10 - Indication and Contraindication for Lumbar Surgical Nonfusion Techniques......Page 170
11 - Lumbar Surgical Approaches for Nonfusion Techniques......Page 185
12 - Nucleus Pulposus Replacement: Basic Science and Indications for Clinical Use......Page 201
13 - Prosthetic Disc Nucleus: Treatment with the Anterior Approach......Page 222
14 - Functional Lumbar Artificial Nucleus Replacement—DASCOR......Page 236
15 - Total Lumbar Disc Arthroplasty: Overview of Clinical Results for Existing Implants......Page 258
16 - U.S. Update of CHARIT?: One Year after FDA Approval......Page 271
17 - Charit? III Artificial Disc Replacement: Indications, Preoperative Examinations, and Contraindications......Page 283
18 - Clinical Results of Lumbar Total Disc Replacement with the Maverick Prosthesis Prospective Study, 2 to 4 Years Follow-Up......Page 290
19 - Influence of Frontal and Sagittal Position of Total Disc Arthroplasty on Clinical Outcomes at 3 Years Follow-Up......Page 304
20 - Motion Preservation—Disc Replacement for Lumbar Degenerative Disorders with the ProDisc?-L Prosthesis......Page 318
21 - A New Approach to Lumbar Disc Prosthesis......Page 329
22 - Design and Surgical Technique of the FlexiCore Lumbar Artificial Disc......Page 336
23 - X STOP Interspinous Implant for Lumbar Spinal Decompression......Page 354
24 - MRI Changes in the Lumbar Spine Following Treatment with the X STOP Interspinous Distraction Device......Page 376
25 - Impliant TOPS: Total Posterior Arthroplasty System......Page 391
26 - Mechanical Supplementation by Dynamic Fixation in Degenerative Intervertebral Lumbar Segments: The Wallis System......Page 397
27 - Posterior Nonfusion Stabilization of the Degenerated Lumbar Spine with Cosmic......Page 410
28 - ProdiscC? Cervical Disc Prosthesisin the First 68 Patients: One-Year Evaluation of Results......Page 430
29 - A New Cervical Disc Prosthesis: Mobi-C. Preliminary Results of a Prospective Study......Page 443
30 - The Quest for the New......Page 459
31 - The SWISSspine Registry......Page 468
32 - An Introduction to the Medical Device Regulation in Europe......Page 479
33 - Outcome & Cost of Lumbar Disc Replacement Versus Lumbar Fusion......Page 483