Spine Injury Treatment

Are you suffering from degenerative disc disease and considering surgery? Tallahassee Memorial’s Orthopedic Center offers innovative procedures, such as Lumbar Total Disc Replacement and Cervical Disc Replacement to help you maintain your mobility, with less discomfort.

Traditional spine surgery calls for removing the pain-causing disc and replacing it with plates, rods and screws – including grafting bone from the hip onto the spine. We aim to help you retain your natural flexibility and mobility without traditional grafting.

Lumbar Total Disc Replacement

Similar to total joint replacement surgeries, total lumbar disc replacement removes a damaged or unhealthy disc in the lumbar region of your spice and replaces with an artificial impact made of chrome, metal and plastic.

It is a cutting-edge approach to spinal surgery because it does not require a bone graft or fusion. This preserves the normal motion across the disc join. There are several major benefits over traditional spine surgery:

• The implant absorbs pressure, distributes load and reduces degeneration of nearby spinal levels.
• Reduced pain.
• Less healing time.

Cervical Disc Replacement

Traditionally, a procedure called an Anterior Cervical Discectomy with Fusion (ACDF) has been the gold standard for surgically treating degenerative disc disease in the cervical spine. A potential disadvantage associated with spinal fusion is loss of motion and flexibility in the treated vertebral segment.

An artificial cervical disc replacement offers the potential for preserved neck mobility at the treated vertebral level. Instead of fusing the spine, cervical disc replacement uses a stainless-steel surgical implant to treat patients suffering from degenerative disc disease of the neck.

This implant device has two components (a ball on top and a trough on the bottom) that are inserted into the disc space and attached to the vertebral bodies on either side. These components function like a joint, replicating the physiological motion and alignment of a naturally functioning cervical spine.