Artificial disc replacement with the modular type SB Charité III: 2-year results in 50 prospectively studied patients.

The Modular Type SB Charite disc prosthesis has been developed as a device for artificial disc replacement (ADR) in patients with symptomatic discopathies. Here, we report on our first series of 50 (out of 350) patients, who had a satisfactory clinical result in 70% of cases (2 years' follow-up). Subgroup analysis revealed that patients with an isolated discopathy without previous spinal operations or other pathology at the same or other spinal level benefitted more from the surgery.

Fatal pulmonary fat embolism after dorsal spinal fusion.

Fatal pulmonary fat embolism is a rare complication in elective orthopaedic surgery. It has been described previously as occuring during intramedullary manipulations and in trauma patients. We present the case of a 56-year-old slender housewife with severe radicular complaints because of lumbar spinal stenosis.

A multicenter retrospective study of the clinical results of the LINK SB Charité intervertebral prosthesis. The initial European experience.

Objective: This study is a multicenter, retrospective review of the initial clinical results of an artificial disc replacement, the LINK SB Charité intervertebral prosthesis.

Methods: Independent analysis by chart review included patient demographics, surgical data, and a comparison of presurgical to follow-up data. Data were analyzed from 93 patients (average age = 43.

Direct repair of lumbar spondylolysis.

Direct repair of the defect in spondylolysis has been performed on 12 patients with a mean age of 29 years. With an average follow-up period of 3 years, 8 patients had a good result, 2 patients improved only slightly and 2 patients remained unchanged.