Progress in research and clinic application of lumbar artificial disc / 中华创伤骨科杂志

ABSTRACT

The research on artificial disc replacement to treat lumbar disc disorders has been conducted for more than 40 years in the world and revealed bright prospects for the promising technique. For a long time, discectomy and/or intervertebral fusion have often resulted in severe complications, such as obstinate lower back pain, dislocation and subluxation of lumbar spinal facet joints, intervertebral instability and compensatory degeneration on neighbored spinal facet joints. The research has shown that the disc prosthesis with active ability will reduce the severe complications. The recent literature has reported that the improved design of the disc prosthesis has been used in the treatment of the lumbar disc disorders with excellent and good results in the world. Comparing several designs and forms of disc prosthesis in terms of case selection, complications and results, we have found that the artificial disc replacement with the modular type SB ⅢCharite for lumbar disc disorders is the best.