Cervical disc arthroplasty: a critical review and appraisal of the latest available evidence

AK Demetriades, F Ringel, B Meyer - Advances and Technical Standards …, 2014 - Springer
Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) has been a very successful procedure in the
management of cervical radiculopathy and myelopathy. Concerns with adjacent segment …

Complications of cervical disc arthroplasty

LK Kibuule, JS Fischgrund - Seminars in Spine Surgery, 2009 - Elsevier
Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) has long been the gold standard for the
treatment of cervical pathology. ACDF, when performed successfully, has shown good …

Cervical disc replacement—emerging equivalency to anterior cervical discectomy and fusion

AJ Buckland, JF Baker, RP Roach, JM Spivak - International Orthopaedics, 2016 - Springer
Purpose Cervical disc replacement has become an acceptable alternative to anterior
cervical fusion for the surgical treatment of cervical spine spondylosis resulting in …

Cervical disc arthroplasty: general introduction

FL Acosta, CP Ames - Neurosurgery Clinics, 2005 - neurosurgery.theclinics.com
Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) of one or two levels for spondylotic
myelopathy or radiculopathy has proven to be an extremely effective procedure in terms of …

Cervical disc arthroplasty: Equivalent alternative to anterior cervical discectomy and fusion but unknown superiority

O Tannous, EY Koh - Seminars in Spine Surgery, 2013 - Elsevier
Cervical disc arthroplasty has been developed as an alternative to anterior cervical
discectomy and fusion with the advantages of preserving intervertebral motion, eliminating …

[HTML][HTML] Update on cervical disc arthroplasty: where are we and where are we going?

JJ Jaramillo-de la Torre, JN Grauer, JJ Yue - Current Reviews in …, 2008 - Springer
Despite the very good results of anterior cervical discectomy and fusion, there are concerns
of adjacent level degeneration. For this reason, interest has grown in the potential for motion …

Cervical disc arthroplasty: a controlled randomized prospective study with intermediate follow-up results: invited submission from the joint section meeting on …

RJ Hacker - Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine, 2005 - thejns.org
Object. The authors of studies of anterior cervical fusion for disc-related disease have
documented satisfying clinical results and infrequent complications. Recently, cervical disc …

Cervical disc arthroplasty: A selective alternative to fusion

BJ Neuman - Seminars in Spine Surgery, 2014 - Elsevier
Anterior cervical decompression and fusion is a dependable and successful treatment
option for single-level cervical radiculopathy. However, due to the deleterious effects a …

Long-term clinical outcomes of cervical disc arthroplasty: a prospective, randomized, controlled trial

WR Sasso, JD Smucker, MP Sasso, RC Sasso - 2017 - journals.lww.com
Study Design. Prospective, randomized, single-center, clinical trial. Objective. To
prospectively examine the 7-and 10-year outcomes of cervical arthroplasty to anterior …

Early experiences with cervical disc prostheses

B Jöllenbeck, R Hahne, A Schubert… - Zentralblatt für …, 2004 - thieme-connect.com
The standard cervical disc surgery includes removal of the disc and fusion using an anterior
approach. The loss of motion associated with fusion has prompted a search for other …