Disc Replacement Surgery

Our team provides advanced pain management, rehabilitation and artificial disc replacement surgery for degenerative disc disease.

Disc Replacement Surgery

Our team provides advanced pain management, rehabilitation and artificial disc replacement surgery for degenerative disc disease.

Relief from Degenerative Disc Disease

When chronic back pain due to degenerative disc disease impacts your quality of life, artificial disc replacement surgery may offer a solution. Our expert spinal surgeons perform disc replacement surgery to improve your ability to bend, twist and move without pain.

During disc replacement surgery, a spinal surgeon replaces the worn-out disc with a plastic and metal device. We recommend this surgery, when only one disc in your back has damage. If more are damaged, we recommend spinal fusion surgery instead.

Why Choose Us for Disc Replacement Surgery

We use a team approach to give you exceptional spinal care from diagnosis through recovery.

You go home sooner and have better outcomes with our Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) approach.

We are a Blue Distinction Center for our expertise in delivering specialty care.

We involve you in every step of your recovery so you return to normal activities faster.

Our physical therapists provide treatment prior to and after surgery.

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Ram Alluri, MD

Thomas Chen, MD, PhD

Alexander Christ, MD

Seth Gamradt, MD

Joshua Gary, MD

Loren Geller, MD

Paul Gilbert, MD

Raymond Hah, MD

Cara Hall, MD

George Hatch, Iii, MD

Nathanael Heckmann, MD

Brian Hong, DPM

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