Bionic back

By at 2:07 am Friday, Nov 19

backDisc error? Popular Science reports on the Charité Artificial Disc, a plastic replacement for one of two discs in the lower back. The Artificial Disc is expected to receive United States FDA approval by the end of the year.
“This is the first major breakthrough in back surgery since the 1940s,” says orthopedic surgeon Richard Guyer of the Texas Back Institute in Plano.
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