Artificial discs a viable alternative to fusion surgery for two-level lumbar degenerative disc disease

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Artificial discs a viable alternative to fusion surgery for two-level lumbar degenerative disc disease

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When two adjacent discs in the low back wear out, become compressed and cause unmanageable pain, numbness or other symptoms, replacement with artificial discs can be a viable alternative to standard fusion surgery, based on two-year post-surgery data from a randomized, multicenter trial recently published in the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery.

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