LDR: GOOD NEWS AT FIVE YEARS (Orthopedics This Week)
LDR Holding Corporation has announced the publication of "Prospective, Randomized Comparison of One-level Mobi-C Cervical Total Disc Replacement vs. Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion: Results at 5-year Follow-up" in the International Journal of Spine Surgery.
As indicated in the March 08, 2016 news release, the researchers found that, "five-year results demonstrate the safety and efficacy of Total Disc Replacement (TDR) with the Mobi-C as a viable alternative to Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion (ACDF)," and also notes that "in comparison to ACDF, the TDR group preserved motion and patients exhibited lower rates of adjacent segment degeneration through 60 months. Also, a significantly lower rate of subsequent surgeries was seen in the TDR group, indicating an additional benefit of this treatment option."
LDR President and CEO Christophe Lavigne commented, "LDR is very pleased to see additional five-year follow-up data being published. This paper in particular, as the first review of the composite overall success for one-level Mobi-C at five years, represents the kind of peer-reviewed publication of long-term Level I d...
