Centinel Spine in the News: Spine Surgeon Becomes First in Western Pennsylvania to Reintroduce Lumbar Artificial Disc
Per OrthoSpineNews:
Dr. Jocelyn Idema, Orthopaedic Spine Surgeon at The Center for Disc Replacement Surgery at Advanced Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation (AOR), recently implanted Centinel Spine’s newest generation of the prodisc L® lumbar artificial disc replacement. The prodisc L is a Total Disc Replacement (TDR) technology platform that offers a surgical alternative to spinal fusions. Patients usually suffer from a single level degenerated disc in the lower (lumbar) spine and this technology works to relieve pain while allowing the potential for motion at the diseased spinal segment.
As lower spine treatments continue to make advancements through innovative technologies and motion preserving techniques, patients are seeking out alternatives to lumbar fusions. The goal at The Center for Disc Replacement Surgery at AOR is to improve the motion and function of the spine while maintaining the highest quality and highest standards of care related to both surgical and non-surgical spine interventions through evidence based medicine practices. “By using newer motion preserving techniques, spinal discs can help retain the forward-to-back, bending side-to-side, and turning left-to-right spinal motion you were intended to have.” says Dr. Idema...
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