El Dr. Clavel, pioneer in Spain in surgery of prosthesis of lumbar disc or ADR (Artificial Disc Replacement).
Spain, November 2011- low back pain is the second leading cause of low labour and responsible for the annual loss of more than 700,000 hours of work, in most cases this back pain is produced by the degeneration of the spine discs very common addition from the 40 – 50 years.
The solution most common to this type of case, is fusion, a surgical procedure performed to fuse the vertebrae.
As an alternative to more advanced and therefore more effective this intervention in the Carnation Dr. Institute of the spinal we have been doing for 2 years prosthesis of lumbar disc or ADR (Artificial Disc Replacement) surgery.
In contrast to the fixation of vertebrae (Arthrodesis), which is proven mechanical overload and the pressure increase Thermocoagulation of disks adjacent to the target area, with surgery of lumbar disc prosthesis is placed a prosthesis that allows movement of the vertebrae and maintains its usual impact absorption capacity. Even in the pursuit of sporting activities.
In addition, the fact that in the surgery of lumbar disc prosthesis, is carried out the approach taken by previous, produced in the patient less postoperative pain and to not alter the back muscles by intervention, this can return to carries out a complete sports activity.
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