TY  - JOUR
T1  - A Granulomatous Mass Surrounding a Maverick Total Disc Replacement Causing Iliac Vein Occlusion and Spinal StenosisA Case Report
AU  - Berry, Michael R.
AU  - Peterson, Brian G.
AU  - Alander, Dirk H.
Y1  - 2010/05/01
N1  - 10.2106/JBJS.H.01625
JO  - The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery
SP  - 1242
EP  - 1245
VL  - 92
IS  - 5
N2  - 
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.

SN  - 0021-9355
M3  - doi: 10.2106/JBJS.H.01625
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.2106/JBJS.H.01625
ER  -