Cervical and lumbar total disc replacements

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LIST OF FIGURES .2 -- LIST OF TABLES .3 -- LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS .4 -- SCIENTIFIC REPORT 7 -- 1 INTRODUCTION 7 -- 1.1 BACKGROUND 7 -- 1.2 SCOPE AND OBJECTIVES .8 -- 2 CERVICAL TOTAL DISC REPLACEMENT 9 -- 2.1 HEALTH PROBLEMS 9 -- 2.1.1 Population and condition 9 -- 2.1.2 Existing treatments .9 -- 2.2 DESCRIPTION AND TECHNICAL CHARACTERISTICS 9 -- 2.3 CURRENT USE 14 -- 2.3.1 Methods 14 -- 2.3.2 Results .15 -- 2.4 CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS AND SAFETY .19 -- 2.4.1 Methods 19 -- 2.4.2 Results on Clinical Effectiveness .23 -- 2.4.3 Results on Safety .35 -- 2.4.4 Discussion 42 -- 2.5 ECONOMIC EVALUATION 42 -- 2.5.1 Introduction 42 -- 2.5.2 Methods 43 -- 2.5.3 Characteristics of the economic evaluations 44 -- 2.5.4 Results of the economic evaluations .48 -- 2.5.5 Discussion 50 -- 3 LUMBAR TOTAL DISC REPLACEMENT .51 -- 3.1 HEALTH PROBLEMS 51 -- 3.1.1 Population and condition 51 -- 3.1.2 Existing treatments .51 -- 3.2 DESCRIPTION AND TECHNICAL CHARACTERISTICS 51 -- 3.3 CURRENT USE 56 -- 3.3.1 Methods 56 -- 3.3.2 Results .56 -- 3.4 CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS AND SAFETY .60 -- 3.4.1 Methods 60 -- 3.4.2 Results on Clinical Effectiveness .62 -- 3.4.3 Results on Safety .67 -- 3.4.4 Discussion 69 -- 3.5 ECONOMIC EVALUATION 70 -- 3.5.1 Introduction 70 -- 3.5.2 Methods 70 -- 3.5.3 Characteristics of the economic evaluations 72 -- 3.5.4 Results of the economic evaluations .75 -- 3.5.5 Discussion 77 -- REFERENCES .78