Cervical Spine Competitive Sports
Makers of artificial intervertebral disc in the cervical spine can return quickly in their sport Leipzig, June 14, 2012 carrier of an artificial intervertebral disc in the cervical spine can quickly return to their sport. Some patients do again sport Hochstleistung-even soon after surgery, experts in the run-up to report the press conference on the occasion of the 63rd annual meeting of the German society of neurosurgery in June in Leipzig. The so-called “gold-standard” in the treatment of cervical disc herniation involves a merger operation. While the damaged disc is removed and the two vertebral body rigidly connected. This inevitably leads to a limitation of physical activity at least until the merger has taken place, which reduces the quality of life especially in younger, active people”, says Univ.-Prof.
Dr. med. Bernhard Meyer, Director of the neuro-head centre at the Technical University of Munich. An alternative to the merger is the replacement defective disc through an artificial, i.e. a disc, what is indicated in rare cases: ideally for sporty younger patients.
In Munich, a total of 51 patients received a such prosthesis made of metal, which receives movement and flexibility in the cervical spine since May 2006. Almost all patients were active in sports. Two had participated before the operation in Winter Olympics in the”, Meyer reported: these patients are highly motivated. You wanting to exercise again after the operation.” What succeeded. After eleven weeks, the competitions went back. The training, gannen it a few days after the procedure. Most could later build on previous accomplishments. The two Olympic athletes won medals at the next Winter Olympics, four months after the operation. At leisure, Meyer reported the recovery rate was virtually 100 per cent, athletes: A previously non-physically active patient discovered a new passion for the after surgery Sport.” The study shows for the first time that get along artificial intervertebral discs in the cervical column with sports. The operations are now up to 49 months. Most patients are pain-free and able to move freely the cervical spine. Professor Meyer is hoping that the artificial intervertebral discs in his 21-56 years-old patients long fulfil their function. Date note: DGNC Congress Press Conference: innovations in the operating room implications for patient & neurosurgeon in the framework of the 63rd annual meeting of the German society of Neurosurgery (DGNC) date: Thursday, June 14, 2012, from 12.
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