Artificial Spinal Disc Shown Superior to Fusion

From the North American Spine Society’s annual meeting in Seattle, we’ve got data showing the ProDisc-L, from Synthes Spine Inc (approved by the FDA in August) superior to spinal fusion…

“The ProDisc artificial implant is the first motion-sparing disk implant ever shown to be superior to fusion,” said Rick B. Delamarter, MD, medical director of the Spine Institute at St John’s Health Center in Los Angeles. Delamarter, an independent researcher with no financial ties to the manufacturer of the ProDisc-L artificial disk, presented the trial findings, which were the basis for the FDA’s approval of the device.

Cool to see that Delamarter is not a paid endorser. Let’s see if we get a string of critical comments like we did with JnJ’s Charite.
More data in the JAMA article by John L. Zeller…