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Originally Posted by calvin12
Hi there,
Is there anyone that has good results with doctors in Northern California? dw
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May I please suggest Dr. Mummaneni, UCSF. He is nice, friendly and busy. I like that he is direct. He wrote about patient safety and health policy elsewhere.
I have not seen him as a patient.
Praveen V. Mummaneni | UCSF Medical Center
You are a cervical patient. Dr. Mummaneni participated in the FDA IDE for Prestige, etc.
Analysis of the three United States Food and Drug Administration investigational device exemption cervical arthroplasty trials.
Upadhyaya CD, Wu JC, Trost G, Haid RW, Traynelis VC, Tay B, Coric D, Mummaneni PV.
J Neurosurg Spine. 2012 Mar;16(3):216-28. doi: 10.3171/2011.6.SPINE10623. Epub 2011 Dec 23.
Cervical artificial disc replacement versus fusion in the cervical spine: a systematic review comparing long-term follow-up results from two FDA trials.
Evid Based Spine Care J. 2012 Feb;3(S1):59-66. doi: 10.1055/s-0031-1298610
Full-Text.LINK Bryan and Prestige TDR
Clinical and radiographic analysis of cervical disc arthroplasty compared with allograft fusion: a randomized controlled clinical trial.
Mummaneni PV, Burkus JK, Haid RW, Traynelis VC, Zdeblick TA.
J Neurosurg Spine. 2007 Mar;6(3):198-209.
Cervical arthroplasty with the PRESTIGE LP cervical disc.
Mummaneni PV, Robinson JC, Haid RW Jr.
Neurosurgery. 2007 Apr;60(4 Suppl 2):310-4; discussion 314-5.
Spinal arthroplasty: differences between the cervical and lumbar spine.
Wu JC, Tu TH, Mummaneni PV.
World Neurosurg. 2012 Sep-Oct;78(3-4):245-6 Maverick