The CerviCore™ Intervertebral Disc is intended to replace a single cervical intervertebral disc between C3 and C7, increase disc height, reduce radicular symptoms, improve function, and permit movement of the treated spine segment. To be eligible for the study, patients must meet specific inclusion/exclusion criteria.
Maine Medical Partners Neurosurgery & Spine was selected by Stryker Spine to be one of only 25 sites nationwide that are treating patients through the study, which will compare the safety and effectiveness of the CerviCore™ Intervertebral Disc with that of the current standard of care, cervical fusion (sample x-rays of both treatment options are shown below). Our practice has been involved in clinical trials previously. Maine Medical Partners Neurosurgery & Spine is involved in the CerviCore™ study to serve as a resource to patients and referring physicians.
----------------------------About Neurosurgery & Spine
For over thirty years, Neurosurgery & Spine has had the privilege of providing neurosurgical services and spine care to the people of Maine and Northern New England. Our practice has grown over the years to meet the needs of our patients. Now proud to be a part of Maine Medical Partners, we join a more extensive team of 130 physicians and 650 staff, over a wide range of primary, specialty and subspecialty care delivered through a network of more than 27 sites in and near Greater Portland.
Our close affiliation with Maine Medical Center, the State’s largest tertiary care center, supports an invaluable mix of patient-centered care and high technology medicine.
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“There is a general level of accepting everyone’s patients as the Group’s patients and committing to caring for every patient in a consistent manner… I am fortunate to be working alongside many incredibly well-trained and intelligent surgeons in a setting of high-end primary and tertiary medicine.”
Jeffrey E. Florman, MD, Neurosurgeon