Arthroplasty of the Spine
Author | : Robert Gunzburg |
Publisher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
Total Pages | : 182 |
Release | : 2003-12-02 |
ISBN-10 | : 3540202951 |
ISBN-13 | : 9783540202950 |
Rating | : 4/5 (950 Downloads) |
Download or read book Arthroplasty of the Spine written by Robert Gunzburg and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2003-12-02 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Joint replacement is a logical step in the treatment of severe joint pathologies with irreversible lesions resisting conservative therapy. At the spinal level, arthrodesis became, very early, the gold standard of treatment for severe intervertebral disc pathologies. The next logical step was to envision functional replacement, and this step was taken as early as 1956, when the first intervertebral implant was described. However, it took many more years and a great variety of proposed implant designs before clinical applications could be attempted.