Hybrid constructsRudolf Bertagnoli
Spine Center, St Elisabeth Klinikum, St Elisabeth Str 23, 94315 Straubing, Germany
Orthop Clin North Am 36:379-88. 2005
..Hybrid constructs can be implanted in single-stage or multistage surgeries. Early results are promising. Further study under formal scientific conditions is necessary to explore the benefit of these combinations...
- Complications and strategies for revision surgery in total disc replacement
Rudolf Bertagnoli
Spine Center, St Elisabeth Klinikum, St Elisabeth Str 23, 94315 Straubing, Germany
Orthop Clin North Am 36:389-95. 2005
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- Cervical total disc replacement, part two: clinical results
Rudolf Bertagnoli
Spine Center, St Elisabeth Klinikum, St Elisabeth Str 23, 94315 Straubing, Germany
Orthop Clin North Am 36:355-62. 2005
..Background on the development, design, and biomechanical characteristics of each prosthesis is given and surgical indications and clinical results are summarized and analyzed...
- Lumbar partial disc replacement
Rudolf Bertagnoli
Spine Center, St Elisabeth Klinikum, St Elisabeth Str 23, 94315 Straubing, Germany
Orthop Clin North Am 36:341-7. 2005
..Various devices are presented, from the first historical steps to treatment possibilities in the future. Clinical experiences of the widely-used PDN prosthetic device are analyzed...
- The treatment of disabling single-level lumbar discogenic low back pain with total disc arthroplasty utilizing the Prodisc prosthesis: a prospective study with 2-year minimum follow-up
Rudolf Bertagnoli
St. Elizabeth Klinikum, Spine Center, Straubing, Germany
Spine 30:2230-6. 2005
..Careful and appropriate patient selection is essential in ensuring optimal surgical outcomes...
- Lumbar total disc arthroplasty utilizing the ProDisc prosthesis in smokers versus nonsmokers: a prospective study with 2-year minimum follow-up
Rudolf Bertagnoli
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Spine Center, St. Elizabeth Klinikum, Straubing, Germany
Spine 31:992-7. 2006
..Although not evident in our series, additional surveillance for intraoperative and postoperative vascular spasm and occlusion may be warranted in smokers...
- Lumbar total disc arthroplasty in patients older than 60 years of age: a prospective study of the ProDisc prosthesis with 2-year minimum follow-up period
Rudolf Bertagnoli
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Spine Center, St. Elizabeth Klinikum, Straubing, Germany
J Neurosurg Spine 4:85-90. 2006
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- Treatment of symptomatic adjacent-segment degeneration after lumbar fusion with total disc arthroplasty by using the prodisc prosthesis: a prospective study with 2-year minimum follow up
Rudolf Bertagnoli
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Spine Center, St. Elizabeth Klinikum, Straubing, Germany
J Neurosurg Spine 4:91-7. 2006
..Patients should be screened carefully for evidence of facet joint impingement/degeneration, hardware-induced pain, and/or nonunion at prior fusion levels before undergoing disc replacement surgery...
- The treatment of disabling multilevel lumbar discogenic low back pain with total disc arthroplasty utilizing the ProDisc prosthesis: a prospective study with 2-year minimum follow-up
Rudolf Bertagnoli
St. Elizabeth Klinikum, Spine Center, Straubing, Germany
Spine 30:2192-9. 2005
..In our select (non-Workers Compensation and/or medical legal) cohort of patients, we demonstrate a patient satisfaction rate of 93%. Careful and appropriate patient selection is essential in ensuring optimal surgical outcomes...
- Early results after ProDisc-C cervical disc replacement
Rudolf Bertagnoli
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Spine Center, St Elizabeth Klinikum, Straubing, Germany
J Neurosurg Spine 2:403-10. 2005
..No spontaneous fusions at the level of surgery or at adjacent levels were noted. Long-term follow-up studies will be necessary before more definitive treatment recommendations can be formulated...
- Mechanical testing of a novel hydrogel nucleus replacement implant
Rudolf Bertagnoli
Spine Center, St. Elisabeth Klinikum, St. Elisabeth Str. 23, 94315 Straubing, Germany
Spine J 5:672-81. 2005
..2+/-18.3 Nm. End plate fracture and ligament failure were the most commonly observed failure modes. CONCLUSIONS: These initial results suggest that this novel implant may prove to be a suitable nucleus pulposus substitute...
- Standard and minimally invasive approaches to the spine
Ronald A Lehman
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington DC 20307, USA
Orthop Clin North Am 36:281-92. 2005
..As the clinical use of these developing systems escalates, more outcomes data will become available to determine the safety and value of these minimally invasive procedures...
- Clinical results of an open prospective study of a bis-GMA composite in percutaneous vertebral augmentation
Jean Palussière
Service de Radiologie, Institut Bergonie, 229 Cours de l Argonne, 33076, Bordeaux Cedex, France
Eur Spine J 14:982-91. 2005
..These results indicate that vertebral augmentation with Cortoss rapidly reduces pain, decreases disability, and improves physical functioning in patients with painful vertebral compression fractures...
- Circumferential fusion of the lumbar and lumbosacral spine using a carbon fiber ALIF cage implant versus autogenous bone graft: a comparative study
Boris Zelle
Department of Trauma Surgery, Medical School of Hannover, Germany
J Spinal Disord Tech 15:369-76. 2002
..This study failed to prove major advantages of the carbon cages in the clinical and radiologic outcome...
- Indications for full prosthetic disc arthroplasty: a correlation of clinical outcome against a variety of indications
Rudolf Bertagnoli
Klinikum St Elisabeth, Kay 2a, 94315, Straubing, Germany
Eur Spine J 11:S131-6. 2002
..Total prosthesis disc replacement for degenerative disc disease was found to be a good treatment modality, provided proper patient selection and criteria are adhered to. We were able to formulate indication criteria based on this...
