Total Joint Replacement of the Lumbar Spine: The Future of Motion Preservation
The implantation of the first motion-preserving artificial disc, the Charité, in the United States in 2000 sparked an enormous amount of enthusiasm among spine surgeons seeking an alternative to lumbar arthrodesis. In fact, the fervor for this new technology was so great that it precipitated the
Authors
- Jon E. Block (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9954-8938)
- Pierce D. Nunley (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8670-5532)
- S. Craig Humphreys
- Louis J. Nel
- Scott D. Hodges
- Anton Jorgensen
- Domagoj Coric (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8521-2691)
- John A. Sielatycki (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3432-5052)
- Jeffrey A. Goldstein (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4086-057X)
- Ahilan Sivaganesan
- Armen Khachatryan
Institutions
- Hospital for Special Surgery (US)
- Zuid-Afrikaans Hospital (ZA)
- Carolina Neurosurgery and Spine Associates (US)
- Urology San Antonio (US)
- Spine Institute of Louisiana (US)
- Desert Institute For Spine Care (US)
- Boise Kidney & Hypertension Institute (US)
- New York University Langone Orthopedic Hospital (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- The International Journal of Spine Surgery
- Published
- 2025-03-28
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.14444/8746
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 4.41