Nucleus replacement with the DASCOR disc arthroplasty device: interim two-year efficacy and safety results from two prospective, non-randomized multicenter European studies.

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Published in Spine (Phila Pa 1976) on June 01, 2009

Authors

Michael Ahrens1, Anthony Tsantrizos, Peter Donkersloot, Frederic Martens, Philippe Lauweryns, Jean Charles Le Huec, Slawomir Moszko, Zsolt Fekete, John Sherman, Hansen A Yuan, Henry Halm

Author Affiliations

1: Clinic for Spine Surgery with Scoliosis Center, Klinikum Neustadt, Academic Teaching Hospital of University of Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Luebeck, Germany. Ahrens@orthocell.com

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