How does Total Artificial Disc prosthesis help?
Total artificial disc prosthesis is intended to maintain the normal movement between two vertebral bodies and prevents them from collapsing (and thereby irritating or damaging the nerve roots) by maintaining the disc space height between both bony surfaces. It leads to restoration of spinal stability similar to the beneficial effect of total knee or hip replacement. Patients who suffer with chronic low back pain caused by DDD, could have their chance to return to symptom-free-normal life again. In addition, total disc replacement theoretically protects the discs at the adjacent levels by sharing or distributing the stress through the lower back during normal activities such as lifting and bending (flexion and extension).
