Disc replacement is better than spine fusion in terms of cost and outcomes

 

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)

 

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