the polymer is about the harness of a pink eraser. It was originally solid, but after a trial of ten people in china they found that it compacted the endplates, causing damage and pain. The two year trial in europe of 60 people was successfull and it is CE approved there (FDA equvilant). Dr Regan is going to give me the paper to review. My discogram results were satisfactory enough to be included in the phase I trial of the dascor. Regan considers this to be the best nucleus replacement to date because the ballon does a nike air thing, and restores some disk height (nucore does not). It is also resistant to expulsion because unlike the raymedica, the dascor goes in as a liquid and then becomes solid making it possible for the incision in the annulus (5mm) to be smaller than the implant - and it also hardens to the shape of the individual disk cavity. I have surgery set for fed 15th. I think it is a good move because if it does not work a revision into an adr would not be difficult
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