The artificial disc (AD) is truly a miracle -since the cervical graft/fusion… the only option previous to the artificial disc prevented the patient from bending the neck, moving from side to side or looking up. Also, the deterioration of the bone due to the immobility caused by the fusion further deteriorates the adjoining discs. The artificial disc “Rotaio”® Dr. Salmon uses is made by a German company with decades of research and history. Our Spinal Surgery package is far more affordable than in the U.S. and Canada with the same high quality of service.

Nodding, shaking one’s head, looking up at the sky – a cervical disc prosthesis should allow one to enjoy the full range of life’s activities. This is one reason why the use of disc replacements that preserve movement has become increasingly established in recent years as an alternative to fusion (ACDF).

But merely preserving movement in the decompressed segment is not enough: Postoperative neck pain and disproportionate stresses on the facet joints have been described repeatedly following cervical disc arthroplasty. To achieve a high quality of movement, disc prostheses must therefore replicate the natural pattern of movement of a disc as precisely as possible. Thus, ROTAIO offers not only rotation, flexion/extension and lateral flexion, but also the possibility of uncoupled translation. In this way, ROTAIO optimally reproduces the natural centre of rotation and thereby provides physiological, facet-guided, segmental movement.