Five year follow-up of clinical and radiological outcomes of LP ESP elastomeric lumbar total disc replacement in active patients

The surgical treatment of degenerative disc disease (DDD) at the lumbar spine may involve fusion. TDR is an alternative treatment to avoid fusion related adverse events, specifically adjacent segment disease. New generation of elastomeric non-articulating devices have been developed to more effectively replicate the shock absorption and flexural stiffness of native disc.

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