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Total Disc Replacement with SB Charite Artificial Disc
Fabien D. Bitan, MD will perform a New Procedure for the Treatment of
Degenerative Disc Disease called Total Disc Replacement with SB Charite
Artificial Disc on January 26, 2005. Americans work hard and play hard,
and as a result, more than 75 percent of Americans suffer from back
pain at some point in their lives. Young people push their bodies at
the gym and on the fields and baby boomers are opting to continue being
active as they get older. As a result of this trend and emerging
medical technology, joint replacement surgeries of the knee and hip
have become commonplace, yet many people live with and tolerate back
pain. These back pain sufferers now have a revolutionary new treatment
option. An emerging type of spinal surgery, called total disc
replacement, has shown great promise in clinical trials and has
recently gained full FDA approval for a prosthetic disc used in the
procedure. Total disc replacement, used for treatment of degenerative
disc disease, involves removing the deteriorated disc from between the
vertebrae and implanting an artificial disc made of metal and plastic.
The SB Charite Artificial Disc was one of the most popular artificial
discs among European spinal surgeons, who have been using several of
these prosthetic discs on their patients since the 1980s, resulting in
pain relief and restored mobility for thousands of patients.
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