As I mentioned to Nichole in her "appeal in person granted" thread, The Artificial Disk Study in the Professional Articles section has a bunch of great information and comparisons between fusion and ADR. It also stated some ADR posititive long term results from other countries.
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*10 plus years of back pain
*'99 first MRI shows L4-5 bulge
*'04 MRI shows L4-5 grade 3 annular tear & rupture with moderate DDD
*'05 Discogram shows concordant pain at L4-5
*8/18/05 scheduled ADR surgery participant in Kineflex/Charite study
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