Background: Replacement of a diseased lumbar intervertebral disc with an artificial device,
a procedure known as lumbar total disc replacement (LTDR), has been practiced since the …

Purpose of review Lumbar disc replacement has been a surgical alternative to fusion
surgery for the treatment of lumbar degenerative disc disease (DDD) for many years …

Background Lumbar total disc replacement (TDR) has shown satisfactory clinical outcomes
with few complications and reoperations at short-term follow-up, but the mid-to long-term …

Long-term data are now available to support the safety and efficacy of lumbar total disc
replacement (TDR). Five-year randomized and controlled trials, meta-analyses, and …

Lumbar fusion has been developed for several decades and became the standard surgical
treatment for symptomatic lumbar degenerative disc disease (DDD). Artificial total disc …

Study Design. A prospective, multicenter, randomized, controlled, investigational device
exemption (IDE) noninferiority trial. Objective. The aim of this study was to evaluate the …

Objective The purpose of this study is to compare the effectiveness and safety of artificial
total disc replacement (TDR) with fusion for the treatment of lumbar degenerative disc …

Purpose To systematically compare the efficacy and safety of lumbar total disc replacement
(TDR) with the efficacy and safety of anterior lumbar interbody fusion (ALIF) for the treatment …

Study Design. This was a prospective, randomized, controlled multicenter study with 24-
month follow-up. Objective. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the safety and efficacy …

Study Design. A retrospective analysis. Objective. To evaluate the long-term clinical and
radiographic outcomes and to investigate who achieved the successful outcomes after …