Cervical radiculopathy: epidemiology, etiology, diagnosis, and treatment

BI Woods, AS Hilibrand - Clinical Spine Surgery, 2015 - journals.lww.com
Cervical radiculopathy is a relatively common neurological disorder resulting from nerve root
dysfunction, which is often due to mechanical compression; however, inflammatory …

[HTML][HTML] Biomaterials in spinal implants: a review

A Warburton, SJ Girdler, CM Mikhail, A Ahn, SK Cho - Neurospine, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The aim to find the perfect biomaterial for spinal implant has been the focus of spinal
research since the 1800s. Spinal surgery and the devices used therein have undergone a …

Clinical and radiographic analysis of an artificial cervical disc: 7-year follow-up from the Prestige prospective randomized controlled clinical trial

JK Burkus, VC Traynelis, RW Haid… - Journal of Neurosurgery …, 2014 - thejns.org
Object The authors assess the long-term safety and efficacy of cervical disc replacement
with the Prestige Cervical Disc in a prospective, randomized, multicenter trial at 7 years of …

Long-term outcomes of the US FDA IDE prospective, randomized controlled clinical trial comparing PCM cervical disc arthroplasty with anterior cervical discectomy …

FM Phillips, FH Geisler, KM Gilder, C Reah, KM Howell… - 2015 - journals.lww.com
Study Design. Prospective, multicenter, randomized clinical trial. Objective. To evaluate the
long-term safety and effectiveness of the PCM Cervical Disc compared with anterior cervical …

Total disc replacement versus anterior cervical discectomy and fusion: a systematic review with meta-analysis of data from a total of 3160 patients across 14 …

C Findlay, S Ayis, AK Demetriades - The bone & joint journal, 2018 - boneandjoint.org.uk
Aims The aim of this study was to determine how the short-and medium-to long-term
outcome measures after total disc replacement (TDR) compare with those of anterior …

Two-level total disc replacement with Mobi-C cervical artificial disc versus anterior discectomy and fusion: a prospective, randomized, controlled multicenter clinical …

RJ Davis, PD Nunley, KD Kim, MS Hisey… - … of Neurosurgery: Spine, 2015 - thejns.org
OBJECT The purpose of this study was to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of 2-level
total disc replacement (TDR) using a Mobi-C cervical artificial disc at 48 months' follow-up …

ProDisc-C total disc replacement versus anterior cervical discectomy and fusion for single-level symptomatic cervical disc disease: seven-year follow-up of the …

ME Janssen, JE Zigler, JM Spivak, RB Delamarter… - JBJS, 2015 - journals.lww.com
Background: In patients with single-level cervical degenerative disc disease, total disc
arthroplasty can relieve radicular pain and preserve functional motion between two …

Ten-year outcomes of cervical disc replacement with the BRYAN cervical disc: results from a prospective, randomized, controlled clinical trial

WF Lavelle, KD Riew, AD Levi, JE Florman - 2019 - journals.lww.com
Study Design. A prospective, randomized multicenter IDE trial between May 2002 and
October 2004. Objective. The aim of this study was to report on the 10-year safety and …

The fragility of statistically significant findings from randomized trials in spine surgery: a systematic survey

N Evaniew, C Files, C Smith, M Bhandari, M Ghert… - The Spine Journal, 2015 - Elsevier
Background context Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) are the most trustworthy source for
evaluating treatment effects, but RCTs of spine surgery interventions often produce …

Long‐term results comparing cervical disc arthroplasty to anterior cervical discectomy and fusion: a systematic review and meta‐analysis of randomized controlled …

Q Wang, Z Tu, P Hu, F Kontos, Y Li, L Li… - Orthopaedic …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Objective Whether cervical disc arthroplasty (CDA) is superior to anterior cervical
discectomy and fusion (ACDF) remains controversial, especially in relation to long‐term …