What Is Artificial Disc Replacement?
Total disc replacement TDR is a new method for treating degenerative diseases of lumbar intervertebral disc in recent years, and it has been clinically applied since the 1980s. It not only removes the diseased intervertebral disc, but also restores the stability and movement function of the segment at the same time, theoretically, it can avoid the acceleration of adjacent segment degeneration caused by lumbar spine fusion.
Artificial disc replacement
- Chinese name
- Artificial disc replacement
- Foreign name
- The artificial disc replacement
- Advantage 1
- Less accompanying pathological changes
- Advantage 2
- Knee joints have less impact
- Total disc replacement TDR is a new method for treating degenerative diseases of lumbar intervertebral disc in recent years, and it has been clinically applied since the 1980s. It not only removes the diseased intervertebral disc, but also restores the stability and movement function of the segment at the same time, theoretically, it can avoid the acceleration of adjacent segment degeneration caused by lumbar spine fusion.
- Artificial disc replacement is mainly used to treat disc degenerative diseases such as discogenic low back pain.