Lecturer: Disc preservation can reduce number of fusions (Helio)
With back pain becoming increasingly more common, the clinical implications of disc research are greater than ever before. Therefore, these efforts should focus on disc preservation, which is less invasive than fusions, according to a presenter, here.
Gunnar B.J. Andersson, MD, PhD, noted in his plenary lecture at the Philadelphia Spine Research Symposium that the disc can be preserved for a while. “But, the primary cause [of degeneration] is genetic,” he said.
The number of fusions performed in the United States and the procedur...
