Disc replacement may offer advantages in cost and outcomes over spinal fusion (OrthoSuperSite)
Study revealed that patients who underwent disc replacement had hospital costs that were 49% lower at 1 year and were four times less likely to need additional surgery at 4-year follow-up compared with those who underwent spinal fusion. (SAS Journal of the International Society for the Advancement of Spine Surgery and the Society for Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery)