Intervertebral disc ageing and degeneration: the antiapoptotic effect of oestrogen

S Yang, F Zhang, J Ma, W Ding - Ageing research reviews, 2020 - Elsevier
As an important part of the spinal column, the intervertebral disc (IVD) plays an important
role in the intervertebral juncture and spinal movement in general. IVD degeneration (IVDD) …

[HTML][HTML] Artificial disc replacement in spine surgery

YA Othman, R Verma, SA Qureshi - Annals of translational …, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Total disc replacement (TDR) is an innovative procedure that has gained traction in spine
surgery. A large amount of data in the literature report on the short-term outcomes of TDR …

Total disc replacement devices: Structure, material, fabrication, and properties

G Song, Z Qian, K Wang, J Liu, Y Wei… - Progress in Materials …, 2023 - Elsevier
The intervertebral disc (IVD) is an important component of the human spine that maintains
physiological motion and distributes loads. Single-or multi-segment degeneration occurs …

[HTML][HTML] What can we learn from long-term studies on chronic low back pain? A scoping review

AL Dutmer, R Soer, AP Wolff, MF Reneman… - European Spine …, 2022 - Springer
Purpose A scoping review was conducted with the objective to identify and map the
available evidence from long-term studies on chronic non-specific low back pain (LBP), to …

[HTML][HTML] Viscoelastic cervical total disc replacement devices: design concepts

CAM Jacobs, CJ Siepe, K Ito - The Spine Journal, 2020 - Elsevier
Cervical disc replacement (CDR) is a motion-preserving surgical procedure for treating
patients with degenerative disorders. Numerous reports of first generation CDR “ball-and …

[HTML][HTML] Lumbar and cervical viscoelastic disc replacement: Concepts and current experience

JY Lazennec - World Journal of Orthopedics, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The ideal lumbar and cervical discs should provide six degrees of freedom and tri-planar
(three-dimensional) motion. Although all artificial discs are intended to achieve the same …

[HTML][HTML] GINS2 Is Downregulated in Peripheral Blood of Patients with Intervertebral Disk Degeneration and Promotes Proliferation and Migration of Nucleus Pulposus …

H Jiang, H Sun, J Dai, C Zhang, X Tang - … and Mathematical Methods …, 2022 - hindawi.com
GINS complex subunit 2 (GINS2) regulates the migration, invasion, and growth of cells in
many malignant and chronic diseases. In the present study, we aimed to investigate the …

Single-Level Total Disc Replacement: Index-Level and Adjacent-Level Revision Surgery Incidence, Characteristics, and Outcomes

M Scott-Young, L McEntee, E Rathbone… - International journal of …, 2022 - ijssurgery.com
Background The literature reports that index level (IL) revision spine surgery (RSS) and
adjacent level (AL) RSS are diminished in lumbar TDR compared with fusion procedures …

[PDF][PDF] Intervertebral (lumbar) disc replacement: the current state and future perspectives

D Bodlák, K Jelen, F Lopot - Neuroendocrinology Letters, 2023 - nel.edu
PURPOSE: Low back pain is a significant socio-economic problem which is expected to
deepen. Degenerative disc disease is considered to be one of its main causes …

Combined effect of artificial cervical disc replacement and facet tropism on the index-level facet joints: a finite element study

X Rong, J Li, J Zhang, B Wang, K Huang, H Liu - 2023 - researchsquare.com
Objective The purpose of this study was to assess the impact of facet tropism on the facet
contact force and facet capsule strain after artificial cervical disc replacement (ACDR) …