The University of Maryland Medical Center is the first state institution to offer disc-replacement surgery with the new Food and Drug Administration-approved artificial disc.
“The artificial disc offers patients a remarkably effective option that alleviates pain and also preserves more of their mobility,” said Dr. Francois Aldrich, a neurosurgeon at UMMC and associate professor of neurosurgery at the University of Maryland School of Medicine.
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