Both the Prestige and ProDisc-C have completed clinical trials for FDA approval which followed patients for 4 years with good results--you can access the data by googling them. There have been extensive discussions about materials on this site which you can access.
I don't know of any surgeons in Seattle but there are several experienced and highly-recommended surgeons in LA, including Dr. Delamarter and Dr. Regan.
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2001 MVA; C5-C6 disk extruded
ongoing physical therapy, exercise and massage
ESI's, oral prednisone, trigger point injections
foraminal and central stenosis C5/C6 and c6/C7
2007 EMG/nerve conduction shows pattern of chronic radiculopathy
January, 2008: Prestige ST Artificial Disk Replacement, C5/6
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