New Jersey spine center implants artificial disc to reduce lower back pain — 4 insights

Seth Grossman, MD, of Englewood, N.J.-based The Center for Musculoskeletal Disorders, implanted Aesculap Implant Systems’ activL Artificial Disc in a patient to address chronic lower back pain, Jewish Link reports.

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What you should know:

1. The artificial disc addresses chronic lower back pain caused by degenerative disc disease.

2. Dr. Grossman performed the procedure in May.

3. He said his patient was standing the same day of surgery, reporting her old pain was completely gone.

4. Dr. Grossman believes CMD was the first center in New Jersey to use the disc.

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