RT Journal
A1 Berry, Michael R.
A1 Peterson, Brian G.
A1 Alander, Dirk H.
T1 A Granulomatous Mass Surrounding a Maverick Total Disc Replacement Causing Iliac Vein Occlusion and Spinal StenosisA Case Report
JF The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery
JO The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery
YR 2010
FD May 1
VO 92
IS 5
SP 1242
OP 1245
DO 10.2106/JBJS.H.01625
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.2106/JBJS.H.01625
AB 
Lumbar disc degeneration is a well-known cause of low back pain. The so-called gold standard for definitive operative treatment of discogenic pain is interbody arthrodesis1. Adjacent-level degeneration as well as incomplete pain resolution despite radiographic evidence of fusion has led to dissatisfaction with this technique and became the impetus to develop other surgical options for the treatment of back pain2-5. With the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval of the CHARITÉ Total Disc (DePuy Spine, Raynham, Massachusetts) in 2004, total disc replacement became a treatment option for the painful degenerative lumbar disc in the United States. Proponents of this procedure believe that the maintenance of disc height and the preservation of segment motion will facilitate the resumption of more normal activities, decrease pain, and prevent adjacent-segment disease.