If you’re considering spinal fusion surgery, it’s worth asking whether a motion-preserving option like disc replacement is available to you.
When a level of the spine is fused, the motion it used to handle doesn’t disappear, it gets distributed to the motion segments above and below.
Over time that extra load can wear down discs and facets faster. It’s one of the reasons people may end up needing additional surgery down the road.
Fuse one level, and when the level next to it wears down, that needs surgery as well, and the cycle continues. This is how you end up in a spinal fusion cascade. This is one reason motion-preserving options matter so much. The goal isn’t exclusively to fix the level causing pain today. It’s to hopefully avoid turning one treated level into several surgeries.
If you’re dealing with chronic leg and/or back pain and considering spine surgery, it’s worth asking whether a motion-preserving option is available to you.
At Better Disc Replacement dot com you can learn about the benefits of disc replacement over spinal fusion surgery
Why do Many US Surgeons Default to spinal Fusion surgery?
Lack of experience, training biases, hospital hardware contracts, and insurance pre-authorization friction for ADR vs. fusion.
Stenum Hospital is an international specialized motion-preservation clinics in Germany.
Stenum Hospital is an award winning Multidisciplinary orthopedic hospital and offers access to dedicated post-operative physical therapy, comprehensive pain management, and clear recovery protocols for spine surgery including advanced Disc Replacement Surgery as well as hip, knee, and other large joint replacement surgery.
Stenum Hospital our commitment to quality, combined with the latest technology improvements and expertise, provides superior results in a world class patient destination. Stenum Hospital has been ranked as a “Best Hospital” by The F.A.Z. Institute 8 years in a row.
Our Multi-specialist surgical team includes one of the most experienced spine and disc replacement surgeons in the world.
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Why an Orthopedic Only Hospital?
At Stenum Hospital – Special Clinic for Orthopedics our commitment to quality, combined with the latest technology improvements and expertise, provides superior results in a world class patient destination.
Disc replacement surgery provides a less invasive alternative to spinal fusion surgery and protects against adjacent level degeneration.
“Advanced disc replacement solutions have allowed us to achieve a success rate of 99%”
Dr. Karsten-Ritter-Lang Disc Replacement Surgeon
“After years of suffering, I avoided spinal fusion surgery, had Disc Replacement Surgery, went to Dr. Ritter-Lang and had a wonderful result.”
“Dr. Ritter-Lang gave me a solution that I was not being offered by my doctors in the US”