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hmmm

I live across the street from Cedars and go to UCLA med school...

I plan to go into orthopaedics...I've never heard of the device...looks promising

Currently they will usually just fuse the offending levels of the vertebral column to ease the pain...but I guess implanting an artifical disc has its advantages of no loss of mobility or range of motion...I'd be curious of it's life span...and how it would impact the spinal cord and surrounding nerves

Well let me know if you want to get a second opinion...we have some great doctors at UCLA and the nearby hospitals too

good luck...let us know how it goes...you can be the german version of the bionic man!!!

MJ (and stop stealing my initials)