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A systematic review of randomized trials on the effect of cervical disc arthroplasty on reducing adjacent-level degeneration.

Ricardo Vieira RV Botelho, Osmar José dos Santos OJ Moraes, Gustavo Alberto GA Fernandes, Yuri dos Santos Ydos S Buscariolli, and Wanderley Marques WM Bernardo

Neurosurg Focus 28(6):E5 (2010) PMID 20568920

Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion had been considered a safe and effective procedure for radiculopathy and myelopathy in the cervical spine, but degeneration in adjacent spinal levels has been a problem in some patients after fusion. Since 2002, cervical disc arthroplasty has been established as an alternative to fusion. The objective of this study was to review data concerning the role of cervical arthroplasty in reducing adjacent-level degeneration.

DOI: 10.3171/2010.3.FOCUS1032
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