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 …

Purpose To identify the factors that may affect outcome in C-ADR and provide the pooled
results of postoperative success rate of implanted segment range of motion (ROM) …

BACKGROUND: Although there have been case reports describing the use of cervical disc
arthroplasty for the treatment of myelopathy, there is a concern that motion preservation may …

BACKGROUND: A feasibility trial was conducted to evaluate the initial safety and clinical
use of a next-generation artificial cervical disc (M6-C artificial cervical disc; Spinal Kinetics …

Study Design. Cervical corpectomy with preserved posterior vertebral wall (CPW) had been
performed by the senior author (YW) since 1999. A prospective study had been conducted to …

Background Arthroplasty with artificial disc replacement for surgical treatment of cervical
spine degeneration was introduced with the notion that motion-preserving approaches …

Background: Bone formation or so-called heterotopic ossification (HO) has been recognized
as a complication of cervical total disk replacement (CTDR), potentially decreasing the …

Study Design. Retrospective review. Objective. To determine the ability of magnetic
resonance imaging (MRI) and computed tomography (CT) to predict the presence of cervical …

Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) has been a very successful procedure in the
management of cervical radiculopathy and myelopathy. Concerns with adjacent segment …

Study Design. We quantified the segmental biomechanics of a cervical total disc
replacement (TDR) before and after progressive posterior decompression. We hypothesized …