The FDA has approved the Prestige Cervical Disc, a first-of-its-kind device used for the treatment of degenerative disc disease, a common source of neck and arm pain.
The device consists of two pieces of hinged stainless steel that, after removal of the damaged disc, are attached to adjacent vertebrae with bone screws.
Its approval was based in part on a clinical trial of about 540 patients that found surgery to replace the damaged disc with the artificial one was as safe and effective as cervical fusion.
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