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The NY Times reported today that Zimmer Holdings obtained FDA approval for knee replacements specifically designed to more closely match women's anatomy. This is the first in a planned product line called Gender Solutions that will include "feminine hips and other artificial joints."
I don't know if this would include ADR but one of the issues for me with a 2-level cervical ADR is the question of whether my vertebra would be large enough to support a prosthesis above and below. Also of interest, given Medicare's non-approval of ADR partly on the grounds of its not having been shown to be better than fusion, is that the article notes that Zimmer only had to demonstrate that their new prosthesis was not worse than other knee replacements. www.nytimes.com/2006/05/11/business/11knees.html
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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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"Not worse than other replacements?" Now that's a loft goal to motivate the troops?!!
Interesting post, though. To your question about endplate sizes -- I thought that the very wide range of Charite & ProDisc endplates got you covered? Pun intended...
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"Harrison" - info (at) adrsupport.org Fell on my ***winter 2003, Canceled fusion April 6 2004 Reborn June 25th, 2004, L5-S1 ADR Charite in Boston Founder & moderator of ADRSupport - 2004 Founder Arthroplasty Patient Foundation a 501(c)(3) - 2006 Creator & producer, Why Am I Still Sick? - 2012 Donate www.arthropatient.org/about/donate |
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Hopefully by the time I may need one of these devices that quote will state, "Much better than other replacements."
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Crystal L5/SI Charite 7/18/05 Dr. Howard http://www.myspace.com/luvmysibe http://www.xanga.com/luvmysibe "A smile is contagious, be a carrier ." |
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There may be some interesting developments over the next few years as this relates to artificial discs. We have seen evidence that subsidence of devices occurs more often in women because of differences in bone densities (at least anecdotally, as seen on this forum). This may account for differences in next generation designs, which have convex endplates. Alas, time and data will connect the dots…
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"Harrison" - info (at) adrsupport.org Fell on my ***winter 2003, Canceled fusion April 6 2004 Reborn June 25th, 2004, L5-S1 ADR Charite in Boston Founder & moderator of ADRSupport - 2004 Founder Arthroplasty Patient Foundation a 501(c)(3) - 2006 Creator & producer, Why Am I Still Sick? - 2012 Donate www.arthropatient.org/about/donate |
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