FDA
APPROVES ARTIFICIAL CERVICAL DISC-:
Globus Medical
Company developed a new medical device SECURE®-C, got approval from FDA. It is an
artificial cervical disc consisting of two metal (cobalt-chrome alloy)
endplates and a plastic (polyethylene) insert that fits between the endplates.
The device can be used in skeletally mature patients with diseased cervical
disc, or following removal of the disc for conditions that result from a
diseased or bulging disc (intractable
radiculopathy or myelopathy). The device is
placed between two adjacent neck bones (vertebrae) to replace a cervical disc. The implanted device is designed to restore the distance between
the two vertebrae and allow motion at the treated level as the plastic core
moves against the metal endplates.
The device helps to stabilize the
operated disc in the neck and improves the function. It should not be used in
patients with infection, osteoporosis, allergy to metal or plastic used in the
device, with unstable cervical spine, and patients with more than one cervical
disc to be treated etc.
Linu mohan
Asst prof
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