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To attempt to head off too much name-calling - The Prodisc has had catastrophic failures, reported and discussed here as well as other websites. Any and every ADR that's been on the market for long enough has had catastrophic failures, as has fusion.

Anecdotal information, story-telling, isn't enough to figure out if the ADR is any good. How many failures were there vs. how many successes? How many of the failures were from the period, and every ADR has this, that surgeons got too enthusiastic and put the ADR into patients who weren't right for it? Don't take the word of your surgeon; do the research yourself. Even though Bertagnoli operated on Laura twice and I happen to agree with most of his opinions (at least those he had back when we talked ~10 years ago), I'd still say don't take any surgeon's word instead of learning and making your own decision.