Stenum and Back is short video taking you through the Stenum Spine Disc Replacement process.
Stenum and Back - The Disc Replacement Experience
Stenum Spine provides the most advanced Disc Replacement solutions and implants available worldwide.
Our surgeons are among an elite group of the most experienced Disc Replacement surgeons in the world, and have dedicated their careers to the sub-specialty of Disc Replacement. Choosing the team that is going to do your disc replacement is of crucial importance. The disc replacement team at Stenum is well trained with the latest Disc Replacement technology, is highly experienced, and is doing the procedure frequently. Experience has proven that a surgical team that does more of a specific procedure will have less complications and better outcomes for their patients.
Here you can learn about safer disc replacement implants, multi-level disc replacement, lumbar and cervical disc replacement, and the truth about the risks involved with some early implant products still in use today.
Disc Replacement, developed in Germany over 20 years ago, is now the new gold standard, and has all but eliminated the tragedy of spinal fusion (except in the US, where this process has been slowed by regulation).
At Stenum Spine disc replacement has been taken to the next level, with improved implants (not yet available in the US) high risk revision surgeries have all but been eliminated, and disc replacement is now used to create multi-level solutions for both the lumbar and cervical spine. Even with fusion and adjacent to existing fusion!
At Stenum Spine our surgeons can go beyond simple disc replacement or fusion to create a complete multi-level spine solution which can include combinations of the best disc replacment technology, stabilization, fusion, and other treatments, if needed.
Are you confused about whether Disc Replacement is for you?
Maybe you have been told you are not a candidate for Disc Replacement,
that you need fusion, or nothing can be done. Don't take any chances! Get an evaluation by the most experienced Disc Replacement surgeons in the world first.
Stenum offers free remote evaluations, so you can get the truth about your options. Click here or go to "Patient Area - Evaluation Form" above at any time to begin the simple evaluation process.
Cervical disc replacement vs. fusion
With Disc Replacement, people who have suffered for years from degenerative discs in their neck now have a better option that may relieve the pain in their neck and arm, allow quick recovery and enable them to lead active and productive lives.
Previously the most common treatment for patients with degenerative discs in the cervical spine was spinal fusion. In this procedure a surgeon removes the damaged disc then implants a bone graft and metal plate to fuse the vertebrae together. During artificial disc replacement surgery, the damaged disc is removed and replaced with an artificial disc, a device designed to allow for replication of normal motion. The hospital stay for disc replacement is approximately 2-3 days. Disc replacement patients can begin rehabilitation and return to daily activities soon after surgery. In fact, patients receiving the artificial disc replacement returned to work in 45 days, 16 days earlier than fusion patients.
"Compared to spinal fusion, this surgery allows patients to maintain normal neck motion, and study has shown a lower rate of additional surgery for degeneration of adjacent segments," says Noam Stadlan, M.D., neurosurgeon. "Unlike with fusion, patients who've received the disc don't have to bother with a hard collar following surgery."
"Study results show that artificial cervical disc patients regain function faster, and have a higher rate of neurological success as measured by muscle tone, strength, sensation, as well as responsiveness of reflexes than those who undergo spinal fusion," says Dr. Dean Karahalios, neurosurgeon. "Furthermore, the study demonstrated that at two year follow-up the overall success rate for the artificial disc group was 79.3% compared to the fusion group at 67.8%. These reasons are compelling enough for potential candidates to consider the option of an artificial disc replacement."
Stenum Spine provides the most advanced Artificial Disc Replacement (ADR) procedures and implants available worldwide.
Our surgeons are among an elite group of the most experienced ADR surgeons in the world, and have dedicated their careers to the sub-specialty of Disc Replacement.
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