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LANDMARK TDR STUDY :
2,141 Patients , 20-Years
ARTICLE BY ELIZABETH HOFHEINZ , M . P . H ., M . ED .
Since 2000 , yes , more than two decades ago , Texas Back Institute surgeons have been treating spine surgery patients with total disc replacements ( TDR ). This is , frankly , the best longitudinal data from THE top disc arthroplasty center in the United States , if not globally .
This data , this remarkable study , “ Lumbar Total Disk Replacement Device Removals and Revisions Performed During a 20-Year Experience with 2141 Patients ,” appears in the May 15 , 2024 edition of Spine .
The Texas Back Institute ( TBI ) team — notably Richard Guyer , M . D . and Jack Zigler M . D . and Scott Blumenthal M . D .— enrolled 2,141 patients and collected pre-op data over the course of 20 years ( average per patient , 6.55 years ). This is a remarkable and immensely valuable study .
The study ’ s team enrolled 2,141 patients and followed them for , on average , 78.6 months or 6.55 years .
Source : Texas Back Institute
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