Discover the leader in artificial disc replacement surgeries

Innovations and Studies

Texas Back Institute is currently conducting on-going studies for other new artificial discs. We have the unique ability to determine if you are a candidate for a variety of innovative procedures. You may be a candidate for participation in a funded research study, so that your out of pocket expense is kept to a minimal amount.

Highlights of our experience:

Have implanted more artificial discs than any other clinic in the United States

First to perform artificial disc surgery in the United States in March 2000

First to implant both the CHARITE and ProDisc in the United States

Every surgeon at Texas Back Institute is trained in arthroplasty (artificial disc replacement)

Our Spine Arthroplasty Fellowship, supported by DePuy Spine, is the first training program of its kind

The highest enrolling site for the FDA studies of both CHARITE and ProDisc-L

Dr. Scott Blumenthal was the lead investigator for the CHARITE FDA trials and the lead author on the published results in the Spine journal

 Dr. Jack Zigler was the lead investigator for the Prodisc-L FDA trials and the lead author on the published results in the Spine journal