Lumbar Artificial Disc Replacement

Prices in Germany are normally 75% below the cost for a lumbar artificial disc replacement surgery in the US and are individually quoted. These cost savings are especially realized in multi level lumbar artificial disc replacement.Costs / prices include all medical expenses, the hospital stay, surgeon's fees, operation room fees, anesthesia, anesthesiologist's fees, medicine, nursing, private room, meals, pre-op diagnosis, local phone and English TV.

Degenerative disc disease and post-laminectomy syndrome in the lumbar spine are most common diagnoses, which lead to lumbar artificial disc replacements surgery. However, suffers should try at least 6 months of conservative treatment before surgery is contemplated. These treatments can help with the pain. It is only when the conservative treatment no longer helps should surgery be considered.

ADR surgery can be performed on the l3/4, l4/5 and l5/s1 disc. There is no upper limit on age for this surgery in Germany. However, young adults who are still growing should not have this surgery.

Patients who have ankylosing spondylothesis, low bone density, are pregnant, radiculopthy only, scoliosis, spine infections, spinal stenosis, or spondylothesis are not candidates for this surgery.

There are many different types of lumbar artificial disc replacementss available in Europe. Often people through blogs and other sources try to make a determination about the best lumbar artificial disc replacement. If you are a biomedical engineer, perhaps you can make a good judgement about this, however results based statistics are the best ruler for the non-engineer and factor greatly into FDA approval and the approval of other watch dog agencies for such devices. Blogs have good information and bad information.

Current lumbar discs available in Europe are the:

• Charite,
• Prodisc-L,
• Activ-L,
• Maverick and the
• Flexicore.

At the time of this writting, only the Charite and ProDisc are currently FDA approved for use in the USA. This is a consideration when choosing the type of disc for your surgery as follow-up may be easier to find in the US or Canada with an FDA approved lumbar artificial disc replacement device.

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The information provided herein is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice.

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