Clinical Effectiveness of Artificial Disc Replacement in Comparison With Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion in the Patients With Cervical Myelopathy: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Cervical myelopathy (CM) describes the compressive cervical spinal cord state, often accompanied by serious clinical condition, by herniated disc or hypertrophied spurs or ligament. Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) has been frequently employed as conventional surgical solution for this CM despite its inherent biomechanical handicap. Alternatively, an artificial disc replacement (ADR) preserves cervical motion while still decompressing the spinal canal and neural foramen. This analysis elaborated to clarify the potential benefits of ADR application to CM over ACDF from the conglomerated results of the past references.

Methods

A literature search was performed using MEDLINE, Embase, Cochrane review, and KMbase databases from the studies published until

SUBMITTER: Lee JH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10562247 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature