Outcomes After Cervical Disc Arthroplasty Versus Stand-Alone Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion: A Meta-Analysis.

Julian L GendreauLily H KimPayton N PrinsMarissa D'SouzaPaymon G RezaiiArjun V PendharkarEric S SussmanAllen L HoAtman M Desai

Published in: Global spine journal (2019)

When compared with CDA, stand-alone ACDF offers similar clinical outcomes for patients and leads to increased postoperative segmental angles. We encourage further blinded randomized trials to compare rates of adjacent segmental degeneration and other postoperative outcomes between these 2 treatments options.

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end stage renal disease
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metabolic syndrome
patient reported outcomes
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