ORLive Presents: Cervical Disc Replacement

TYLER, TX, Mar 31 (MARKET WIRE) --
On April 17 at 6 p.m., the Trinity Mother Frances Neuroscience Institute will
broadcast a cervical disc replacement procedure on www.OR-Live.com. Sabatino
Bianco,
MD, Trinity Clinic Neurosurgeon and Director of the Trinity Mother Frances
NeuroscienceInstitute, will perform an FDA approved cervical disc arthroplasty
and
willbe available via email to answer questions. Victor Williams, MD, a Trinity
Clinic
neurosurgeon, will serve as moderator.

"The PRESTIGE(R) Cervical Disc, was the first artificial disc approved for
the cervical spine by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and it is an
exciting option for patients," said Dr. Bianco. "The disc is inserted into the
neck using a similar procedure to the technique surgeons use when performing a
spinal fusion and is used in a procedure called cervical disc arthroplasty. At
24 months post-operative, this procedure was statistically superior in
neurologicalsuccess and overall success in a clinical trial that compared the
clinical
outcomes of cervical artificial disc replacement (PRESTIGE Cervical Disc) to
anterior cervical discectomy and spinal fusion procedures."

Sabatino Bianco, MD relates, "We can now do an operation very successful, we
preserve
motion, especially for the younger people, the athlete, people willing to a very
active lifestyle, this is an operation that will restore the same level of
activity afterwards."

For more information on the cervical disc replacement procedure available at
the
Trinity Mother Frances Neuroscience Institute, call (903) 525-7995 or visit
www.tmfneuroscience.com.

PRESTIGE(R) is a registered trademark of Medtronic Spinal and Biologics

Visit: http://www.or-live.com/motherfrances/1985 to learn more and view a
program preview. VNR: http://www.or-live.com/rams/mof-1985-mkw-q.ram.

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