Reoperation After Cervical Disc Arthroplasty Versus Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion: A Meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion is a standard surgical treatment for cervical radiculopathy and myelopathy, but reoperations sometimes are performed to treat complications of fusion such as pseudarthrosis and adjacent-segment degeneration. A cervical disc arthroplasty is designed to preserve motion and avoid the shortcomings of fusion. Available evidence suggests that a cervical disc arthroplasty can provide pain relief and functional improvements similar or superior to an anterior cervical discectomy and fusion. However, there is controversy regarding whether a cervical disc arthroplasty can reduce the frequency of reoperations.

Questions/purposes

We performed a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) to compare cervical disc arthroplasty wit

SUBMITTER: Zhong ZM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4814433 | biostudies-literature | 2016 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature