Simplify Disc was approved for 1-level use in September 2020, and achieved superiority to fusion with an overall success rate of 93.0%. Simplify Disc achieved superiority in percentage of patients with a 15-point Neck Disability Index (NDI) improvement and patients with no neurological deterioration. Simplify Disc patients had no device failures.1
Simplify Disc achieved superiority: 97.9% of Simplify Disc patients achieved a significantly higher rate of meaningful (15-point) improvement in NDI compared to ACDF (fusion) patients at 88%.
Simplify Disc demonstrated superiority: 99.6% of Simplify Disc patients had no neurological deterioration compared to 94.1% of ACDF (fusion) patients.
Simplify patients had no device failures.
Simplify Disc mean NDI improved from 63.3 at baseline to 13.6 at 24 months. The difference in percentage points between groups was statistically significant at all follow-up timepoints, in favor of the Simplify Disc group (p<0.05).
Simplify Disc Patients had less adjacent level degeneration compared to ACDF (fusion) patients:
Determine the footprint and height of the disc space.
Create slot cuts for disc placement.
Insertion and final placement of the disc.
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