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Originally posted by james gilmour:
Saying that Anna mantioned that the Charite testing data was 20+ years but in real life it only lasts 10 years , so I guess that says a lot about the accuracy of the testing figures.
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That is the exact opposite of my intention. Charite's have been in place in real people for about 10-20 yrs depending on which version (current is #3) you are talking about. That is the only real, hard, provable life figure you can cite. Studies show life out to 40 to 50 years for the same disk design. The same kinds of studies show equivalent life for the other disk designs but they haven't been in bodies for long enough to matter. There have been few Charite failure and, in my ignorance, I don't know of any life related failures at all. All of the failures where the core failed that I've heard of were implantation failures first leading to core damage.
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Laura - L5S1 Charitee
C5/6 and 6/7 Prodisc C
Facet problems L4-S1
General joint hypermobility
Jim - C4/5, C5/6, L4/5 disk bulges and facet damage, L4/5 disk tears, currently using regenerative medicine to address
"There are many Annapurnas in the lives of men" Maurice Herzog
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