UC San Francisco

UCSF spine surgeons test artificial disc for the neck

UCSF Spine Center surgeons are conducting a clinical trial to investigate the safety and effectiveness of an implant that replaces damaged discs in the neck. The trial will compare the implant to ...
Business Wire

Orthofix Announces First Presentation of Seven-Year Outcome Data for the M6-C Artificial Cervical Disc With Other Clinical and Scientific Abstracts at the ISASS Annual Meeting

LEWISVILLE, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Orthofix Medical Inc. (NASDAQ:OFIX), a leading global spine and orthopedics company, today announced the presentation of multiple clinical and scientific abstracts ...
Medscape

Artificial Disc Replacement for Degenerative Disc Disease of the Cervical Spine: A Technology Assessment

Usually the first step is conservative treatment. Patients who have radicular symptoms but who do not have weakness or myelopathy can be treated conservatively. Conservative treatment can include ...
AOL

At-home cervical cancer screening test gets FDA approval. How it works, availability

In an effort to combat the prevalence of cervical cancer in the United States, the Food and Drug Administration has approved the first ever at-home cervical cancer screening kit. On Friday, May 9, the ...
Medscape

Two-Level Disc Replacement Reduces Reoperation vs Fusion

SAN FRANCISCO — Patients with 2-level symptomatic cervical disc degeneration fare better in terms of future secondary surgeries when their discs are replaced rather than fused, a new study shows. "We ...