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Each year, 40000–50000 disc operations are performed in the Federal Republic of Germany; thus, the disc is the part of the vertebral column most strongly exposed to wear. Unsatisfactory results are obtained in about 10% of disc operations necessitating further therapy. Some of the failures are surely due to instability of the motion segment as a result of discectomy. This applies particularly to patients whose operations also involve creation of lesions in the dorsal structures (partial resection of the joint facets).
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Harms, J., Böhm, H. (1991). The Triazine Carbon Fiber-Reinforced Disc Prosthesis: Biomechanical and Biological Properties. In: Brock, M., Mayer, H.M., Weigel, K. (eds) The Artificial Disc. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-75197-4_11
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