I have had herniated disc at C4-C5 for sometime. I have been loosing strength in my arm and living through nagging pain. I am seriously considering surgical intervention now. Wanted to get more information/experiences from this group if they have any feedback for artificial disc replacement. All the studies I have seen so far show better success rate and long term results for disc replacement vs disc fusion (ACDF). The only thing concerns me is that artificial disc do NOT have longer than 10 year study in US since the first artificial disc was FDA approved in 2007.
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