SOURCE: OR-Live, Inc.
March 31, 2008 15:20 ET
ORLive Presents: Cervical Disc Replacement
Live Webcast: From Trinity Mother Frances Neuroscience Institute: April 17, 2008 at 6:00 PM CDT (23:00 UTC)
TYLER, TX--(Marketwire - March 31, 2008) - On April 17 at 6 p.m., the Trinity Mother Frances
Neuroscience Institute will broadcast a cervical disc replacement
procedure on www.OR-Live.com. Sabatino Bianco, MD, Trinity Clinic
Neurosurgeon and Director of the Trinity Mother Frances Neuroscience
Institute, will perform an FDA approved cervical disc arthroplasty and will
be available via email to answer questions. Victor Williams, MD, a Trinity
Clinic neurosurgeon, will serve as
moderator.
"The PRESTIGE® Cervical Disc, was
the first artificial disc approved for the cervical spine by the U.S. Food
and Drug Administration and it is an exciting option for patients," said
Dr. Bianco. "The disc is inserted into the neck using a similar procedure
to the technique surgeons use when performing a spinal fusion and is used
in a procedure called cervical disc arthroplasty. At 24 months
post-operative, this procedure was statistically superior in neurological
success and overall success in a clinical trial that compared the clinical
outcomes of cervical artificial disc
replacement (PRESTIGE Cervical Disc) to anterior cervical discectomy
and spinal fusion procedures."
Sabatino Bianco, MD relates, "We can now do an operation very successful,
we preserve motion, especially for the younger people, the athlete, people
willing to a very active lifestyle, this is an operation that will restore
the same level of activity afterwards."
For more information on the cervical disc replacement procedure available
at the Trinity Mother Frances Neuroscience Institute, call (903) 525-7995
or visit www.tmfneuroscience.com.
PRESTIGE® is a registered trademark of Medtronic Spinal and Biologics
Visit: http://www.or-live.com/motherfrances/1985 to learn more and view a
program preview. VNR: http://www.or-live.com/rams/mof-1985-mkw-q.ram.