Lumbar total disc replacement by less invasive lateral approach: a report of results from two centers in the US IDE clinical trial of the XL TDR® device

• Published in: European spine journal Vol. 24; no. Suppl 3; pp. 331 - 338
• Main Authors: Tohmeh, Antoine G., Smith, William D.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.04.2015
• Subjects: Adult; Aged; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Humans; Intervertebral Disc Degeneration - surgery; Lumbar Vertebrae - surgery; Male; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Middle Aged; Neurosurgery; Original Article; Ossification, Heterotopic - epidemiology; Patient Satisfaction - statistics & numerical data; Postoperative Complications; Prospective Studies; Range of Motion, Articular; Surgical Orthopedics; Total Disc Replacement - instrumentation; Total Disc Replacement - methods; United States - epidemiology; United States; XLIF; Transpsoas; Lumbar TDR; Arthroplasty; Outpatient; Lateral

Purpose To evaluate the clinical and radiographic outcomes following total disc arthroplasty using the XL TDR ® Lumbar Disc in the treatment of patients with symptomatic degenerative disc disease at one level between L1–2 and L4–5. Methods Data were compiled from two centers participating in a prosp...