Opinion ID: 6534446
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Heading: Printout of the Enande Website

Text: [¶27] Ms. Harborth submitted a printout of some portions of the Enande website. The website described Dr. Ritter-Lang as one of the most respected speakers worldwide at symposiums about orthopedic surgery and neurosurgery regarding treatment using artificial intervertebral discs. His participation in the ongoing development of intervertebral disc prosthetics technology, prototypes, and implants, provides great benefits to the patients he treats. Patients come from all over the world to use the services of Dr. Ritter-Lang and his highly qualified team. Dr. Ritter-Lang is among an elite group of the most experienced Disc Replacement surgeons in the world, and has dedicated his career to the sub-specialty of Disc Replacement. The website provided Dr. Ritter-Lang's curriculum vitae, indicating approximately 20 years of experience as an orthopedic specialist. It stated that Dr. Ritter-Lang had performed almost 7,000 surgeries, of which 4,798 were spinal column reconstructions and has done over 3,500 Disc Replacement procedures using a wide range of implants both cervical and lumbar. [¶28] As to the safety and effectiveness of artificial disc replacement using the M6 prosthesis, the website stated: Our team is currently looking back on over 3,500 patients with more than 5600 implants, including more than 2,700 patients with 4,200 implants in the lumbar spine and over 800 patients with over 1380 implants in the cervical spine. The complication rate is about 1.4%, wherein a majority of the complications can either be managed without additional revision surgery or are negligible.