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Seattle Times Runs Article about a New Artificial Disc Procedure that Swedish Surgeons are Helping Debut Locally
The Seattle Times published an article on March 9 by medical reporter Warren King about a new device designed to help relieve chronic lower back pain. The Food and Drug Administration approved the artificial disc in October 2004 for patients with degenerative disk disease at one of two vertebrae...
NIH Consensus Panel Confirms Effectiveness of Total Knee Replacement
Dec. 10, 2003 -- Despite excruciating pain and decreased mobility, many people with knees damaged by arthritis put off joint-replacement surgery out of fear and uncertainty. But recently, a federal panel found that replacing a diseased joint with artificial parts quickly relieved pain an...
