Links and Press

• 
  Making a case for the artificial disk
  by Peter Pollack

• Video Link: Dr. Bitan on ABC News, May 22, 2006
  http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=1992450

• Video replay of Dr. Bitan's disc replacement surgery
  Please click here. Note: The webcast uses Realplayer to display both video and synchronized slides in parallel windows. Viewers can download a free copy of the player here.

• New York Times: An Alternative to Spinal Fusion; Even as Insurers Balk, Surgeons in U.S. Start Implanting Artificial Disks (requires subscription)

• WNBC: Hopes Are High For Artificial Spinal Disk Surgery

• New York Daily News: Free at last: The artificial disk is liberating sufferers of back pain from a lifetime of misery

Patient Testimonials:

Fusion procedure - Tom

One level fusion - Pam

Hybrid procedure - Paul

Scoliosis and Disk Replacement - Lori

My Disk Replacement - Keith

My Disk Replacement - Craig

My Disk Replacement - Denise

New York: Artificial Disc Replacement
Global Patient Network Meeting: May 1, 2005

About the Charite Technique

Charite Surgical Technique (PDF)