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 …

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 …

Cervical artificial disc replacement (ADR) is indicated for the treatment of severe
radiculopathy permitting neural decompression and maintenance of motion. We evaluated …

BACKGROUND CONTEXT: Although anterior cervical decompression and fusion has been
used successfully in the treatment of symptomatic radiculopathy and/or myelopathy …

This article is the second of 2 parts. Cervical total disc replacement represents a new frontier
in spine surgery. This article reviews current literature with regard to the indications, clinical …

Background Cervical disc replacement (CDR) has emerged as an alternative to anterior
cervical discectomy and fusion for the surgical treatment of degenerative cervical disc …

OBJECTIVE Recent studies have described encouraging outcomes after cervical total disc
replacement (cTDR), but there are also critical debates regarding the long-term effects of …

Purpose Previous studies have demonstrated that total cervical disc replacement (cTDR)
represents a viable treatment alternative to the 'gold standard'anterior cervical discectomy …

Study Design. A nonrandomized, prospective, and single-center clinical trial of the ProDisc
Vivo prosthesis. Objective. The aim of this study was to investigate the clinical and …

Background context Several previous studies comparing artificial disc replacement (ADR)
and fusion have been conducted with cautiously positive results in favor of ADR. This study …