Dr. Kenneth Pettine of Rocky Mountain Spine Arthroplasty Associates implanted his first investigational artificial lumbar (back) disc. The disc is currently being studied in a national clinical trial. The clinical trial will be used to help support an application to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that could allow the approved future use of the device. Approximately 200,000 lumbar surgeries are performed in the United States every year.
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