Background: Discectomy and fusion is considered the “gold standard” treatment for clinical
manifestations of degenerative disc disease in the cervical spine. However, clinical and …

Study Design. A biomechanical study comparing arthroplasty with fusion using human
cadaveric C2–T1 spines. Objective. To compare the kinematics of the cervical spine after …

Study Design. A parametric finite element investigation of the cervical spine. Objective. To
determine what effect, if any, cervical disc replacement has on kinematics, facet contact …

Total disc replacement (TDR) is expected to provide a more physiologic alternative to fusion.
However, long-term clinical data proving the efficacy of the implants is lacking. Limited …

Study Design. A cadaveric biomechanical study. Objective. To investigate the biomechanical
behavior of the cervical spine after cervical total disc replacement (TDR) adjacent to a fusion …

Background Biomechanical characteristics of noncontinuous ACDF and noncontinuous
CDA in the treatment of noncontinuous cervical degenerative disc disease were still unclear …

Background Moderately increased motion at the intermediate segment (IS) after skip-level
fusion may accelerate disc degeneration. However, limited biomechanical data are …

Study Design: A biomechanical analysis of cervical arthroplasty and fusion using the finite
element method. Objective: The purpose of this study was to compare the biomechanical …

An in vitro biomechanical study was conducted to compare the effects of disc arthroplasty
and anterior cervical fusion on cervical spine biomechanics in a multilevel human cadaveric …

Background and objective To compare the biomechanical changes of adjacent segment
degeneration (ASD) after one-or two-level anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) …