Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion versus cervical disc arthroplasty: an epidemiological review of 433,660 surgical patients from 2011 to 2021.
Manjot SinghMariah Balmaceno-CrissGeorge AndersonKanwar ParharMohammad DaherJerzy GregorczykJonathan LiuChristopher L McDonaldBassel G DieboAlan H DanielsPublished in: The spine journal : official journal of the North American Spine Society (2024)
While ACDF utilization has plateaued since 2014, CDA rates have risen by a staggering 654.24% over the past decade. ACDF and CDA complication and revision rates were relatively low in comparison to previously published values, with significantly lower rates in CDA. Although a lack of radiographic data in this study limits its power to recommend either procedure for individual patients with cervical radiculopathy or myelopathy, CDA may be associated with minor improvement in the complication and revision profile.