Back Surgery Trials

Freedom Lumbar Disc

mlepore — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 12:00:12 -0700

Freedom® Lumbar Disc Clinical Trial

Clinical trial for lower back pain from lumbar degenerative disc disease

What makes the Freedom Lumbar Disc different?

The FLD is a one-piece total disc replacement device. A special plastic (silicone polycarbonate urethane polymer) is bonded in between two metal plates. A metal cap locks into each plate.

The FLD looks like this:

How does the Freedom Lumbar Disc work?

Superion Interspinous Spacer

mlepore — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 07:45:10 -0700

Interspinous Spacer Clinical Trial
An Investigational Device Designed To Treat Moderate Lumbar Spinal Stenosis

You May Be A Candidate

If you experience pain in your legs, buttock or groin when you stand or walk, you may suffer from a condition called lumbar spinal stenosis.

Back Surgery and Neck Surgery

spine-health — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 00:03:17 -0800

Spine surgery introduction

The primary purpose of back surgery or neck surgery is to correct an anatomical lesion in individuals who fail to show improvement with conservative treatment. For those patients who have pain, but no anatomical lesion can be identified that accounts for their pain, surgery is not an option. Surgery is useful only to change a patient’s anatomy (e.g. remove a disc herniation).

Clinical Trials of Medical Products and Medical Devices: What You Need to Know

spine-health — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 00:43:34 -0800

There is constant innovation throughout the medical field and every year hundreds of new medications, devices and surgical techniques are developed and tested. The vehicle for testing drugs and devices (such as artificial discs or spinal fusion implants) prior to allowing them for use by the general public is usually a clinical trial—a controlled test where the new product is provided to participants who have given their consent, and the results are tabulated and documented to determine if the product is safe and effective for a specified condition or disease.