Relative Efficacy of Cervical Total Disc Arthroplasty Devices and Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion for Cervical Pathology: A Network Meta-Analysis.
Athan G ZavrasVincent P FedericoAlexander J ButlerMichael T NolteNavya DanduFrank M PhillipsMatthew W ColmanPublished in: Global spine journal (2023)
Cervical TDA was found to be superior on most outcomes assessed in the literature of high-quality clinical trials. While most devices demonstrated similar outcomes, certain prostheses such as the M6 were found to outperform others across several outcomes assessed. These findings suggest that the restoration of near-normal cervical kinematics may lead to improved outcomes.