Medtronic’s PRESTIGE Cervical Disc bests fusion

MEDTRONIC’S PRESTIGE CERVICAL DISC BESTS FUSION (Orthopedics This Wek)
After seven years of clinical and radiographic outcomes under their belts, patients with Medtronic, Inc.’s Prestige Cervical Disc kept their improvements and had significantly lower rates of additional surgery when compared to anterior cervical discectomy fusion (ACDF).
Vincent Traynelis, M.D., director Neurosurgery Spine Service, and vice chairperson and professor, Department of Neurosurgery, at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, Illinois, presented the results on December 5, 2013 at the Cervical Spine Research Soc...