Synthes ProDisc-C - Cervical Disc Replacement

The Synthes ProDisc-C is an option your doctor may consider to decompress a pinched nerve in the spine. This can help relieve pain in your neck or arms by relieving the pressure on the nerves. One of the important aspects of a disc replacement implant is that it preserves mobility, unlike spinal disc fusion.

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• spinal disc
• cervical disc
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• cervical disk
• disc replacement
• disk replacement
• spinal fusion
• vertebrae replacement
• fused vertebrae

[teago2]

Had this done in the U.K. in Jan 2010, twice c5>c6 amd c6>c7. Still aches abit between the shoulder blades but my left arm and shoulder are now completely pain free and my finger tips are back to normal.

Stil have to be careful and not push myself too much ( I am a chef patron of my own restaurant ) as I regularly work 12-15 hour days 6 days a week.

[Timb0NZ]

@TheTwistedGypsy Yeah, FDA is too slow at certification... 15 years:S

[TheSwedeman]

Had this done yesterday (1-28-11). Home today. A lot less pain than I anticipated. C5&C6. Most of the pain is around the back of the neck from muscle ache. First time in years that I have had neck pain with out a migraine! Whooo Hooo!!! It was worth the wait!!!

[tweetgirl]

I had it done Dec 2005 and the FDA didn't approve it in the States till two years after so how come you say it was that doctor?

Not so fantastic results and we still don't know the outcome in the future...

[TheTwistedGypsy]

It was a Canadian Doctor that invented this. Dr Stewart Bailey London Victoria Hospital, London , Ontario, Canada. It had been available to us for over15 years now.

[RedHotRhonda]

This is the surgery I will be having done.