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Part IV describes new technologies, including vertebral body augmentation, intradiscal electrothermal therapy, microendoscopic and percutaneous discectomy, nucleus pulposus and total disc replacement, and extreme lateral interbody fusion. When you age, the amount of water in the nucleus pulposus decreases causing the other joints in t he spine to bear too much of the weight of the body and the impact of running, which can result in degenerative joint disease (osteoarthritis) of the spine. 1) at the Institute for Orthopedic Research and Biomechanics, University of Ulm, Germany reported direct in vivo measurements of pressures in the intervertebral disc in 28 body positions (Table 1) utilizing a pressure transducer implanted directly in the nucleus pulposus of a healthy non-degenerated L4-L5 disc of a male volunteer. |
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