Background Data Cervical arthroplasty offers theoretical advantages over traditional spinal
fusion, including elimination of adjacent segment disease and elimination of the risk of …

Lumbar disc prostheses have been used in treating symptomatic degenerative disc
diseases. A few prostheses of the ball-socket design are currently available for clinical use …

Discectomy, decompression, and fusion are traditionally used to manage cervical disc
disease accompanied by neural element compression that is refractory to conservative …

Study Design. A biomechanical comparison among the intact C2 to C7 segments, the C5 to
C6 segments implanted with fusion cage, and three different artificial disc replacements …

Study Design. Review article. Objective. To critically review the state of the emerging field of
cervical disc replacement. Summary of Background Data. Although anterior cervical …

Study design: Systematic review. Clinical questions:(1) What evidence is available from
studies of cervical total disc arthroplasty (C-ADR) failure and retrieval regarding durability …

Object. Total joint arthroplasties most commonly fail because the implant becomes worn and
a host inflammatory response subsequently develops. Both the material response to the …

This article is the first of 2 parts. Cervical artificial disc replacement represents an exciting
new frontier in spine surgery for degenerative cervical disease. This article reviews the …

BACKGROUND: Many models of cervical disc prostheses are currently commercially
available or under clinical trial, and are based on several design concepts and built …

Current cervical total disc replacement (TDR) designs incorporate a variety of different
biomaterials including polyethylene, stainless steel, titanium (Ti), and cobalt-chrome (CoCr) …