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SUBMITTER: Radcliff K
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5779239 | biostudies-literature | 2017
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

International journal of spine surgery 20171128
<h4>Background</h4>Cervical total disc replacement (TDR) is an increasingly accepted procedure for the treatment of symptomatic cervical degenerative disc disease. Multiple Level I evidence clinical trials have established cervical TDR to be a safe and effective procedure in the short-term. The objective of this study is to provide a long-term assessment of TDR versus anterior discectomy and fusion for the treatment of one- and two-level disc disease.<h4>Methods</h4>This study was a continuation ...[more]