The Spine Journal
Volume 9, Issue 7 , Pages 551-555 , July 2009

Effect of intervertebral disc height on postoperative motion and clinical outcomes after Prodisc-C cervical disc replacement

Received 6 October 2008 ,Accepted 20 March 2009.

References 

  1. Connolly PJ, Esses SI, Kostuik JP. Anterior cervical fusion: outcome analysis of patients fused with and without anterior cervical plates. J Spinal Disord. 1996;9:202–206
  2. Epstein NE. Anterior cervical diskectomy and fusion without plate instrumentation in 178 patients. J Spinal Disord. 2000;13:1–8
  3. Thorell W, Cooper J, Hellbusch L, et al. The long-term clinical outcome of patients undergoing anterior cervical discectomy with and without intervertebral bone graft placement. Neurosurgery. 1998;43:268–273
  4. Eck JC, Humphreys SC, Lim TH, et al. Biomechanical study on the effect of cervical spine fusion on adjacent-level intradiscal pressure and segmental motion. Spine. 2002;27:2431–2434
  5. Matsunaga S, Kabayama S, Yamamoto T, et al. Strain on intervertebral discs after anterior cervical decompression and fusion. Spine. 1999;24:670–675
  6. Hilibrand AS, Carlson GD, Palumbo MA, Jones PK, Bohlman HH. Radiculopathy and myelopathy at segments adjacent to the site of a previous anterior cervical arthrodesis. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 1999;81:519–528
  7. Wigfield C, Gill S, Nelson R, et al. Influence of an artificial cervical joint compared with fusion on adjacent-level motion in the treatment of degenerative cervical disc disease. J Neurosurg (Spine 1). 2002;96:17–21
  8. Zhao K, Yang C, Zhao C, et al. Assessment of non-invasive intervertebral motion measurements in the lumbar spine. J Biomech. 2005;38:1943–1946
  9. Baba H, Furusawa N, Imura S, et al. Late radiographic findings after anterior cervical fusion for spondylotic myeloradiculopathy. Spine. 1993;18:2167–2173
  10. Weinhoffer SL, Guyer RD, Herbert M, et al. Intradiscal pressure measurements above an instrumented fusion. A cadaveric study. Spine. 1995;20:526–531
  11. Fujiwara A, Lim TH, An HS, et al. The effect of disc degeneration and facet joint osteoarthritis on the segmental flexibility of the lumbar spine. Spine. 2000;25:3036–3044
  12. Tanaka N, An HS, Lim TH, et al. The relationship between disc degeneration and flexibility of the lumbar spine. Spine J. 2001;1:47–56
  13. McAfee PC, Cunningham B, Dmitriev A, et al. Cervical disc replacement-porous coated motion prosthesis: a comparative biomechanical analysis showing the key role of the posterior longitudinal ligament. Spine. 2003;28:176–185
  14. Shim CS, Lee SH, Park HJ, Kang HS, Hwang JH. Early clinical and radiologic outcomes of cervical arthroplasty with Bryan Cervical Disc prosthesis. J Spinal Disord Tech. 2006;19:465–470
  15. Pickett GE, Rouleau JP, Duggal N. Kinematic analysis of the cervical spine following implantation of an artificial cervical disc. Spine. 2005;30:1949–1954
  16. Bryan VE. Cervical motion segment replacement. Eur Spine J. 2002;11(Suppl 2):S92–S97
  17. Chang UK, Kim DH, Lee MC, et al. Range of motion change after cervical arthroplasty with ProDisc-C and Prestige artificial discs compared with anterior cervical discectomy and fusion. J Neurosurg Spine. 2007;7:40–46
  18. Bertagnoli R, Yue JJ, Pfeiffer F, et al. Early results after ProDisc-C cervical disc replacement. J Neurosurg Spine. 2005;2:403–410
  19. Puttlitz CM, Rousseau MA, Xu Z, Hu S, Tay BK, Lotz JC. Intervertebral disc replacement maintains cervical spine kinetics. Spine. 2004;29:2809–2814
  20. Porchet F, Metcalf NH. Clinical outcomes with the Prestige II cervical disc: preliminary results from a prospective randomized clinical trial. Neurosurg Focus. 2004;17:E6
  21. Robertson JT, Metcalf NH. Long-term outcome after implantation of the Prestige I disc in an end-stage indication: 4-year results from a pilot study. Neurosurg Focus. 2004;17:E10
  22. Mehren C, Suchomel P, Grochulla F, et al. Heterotopic ossification in total cervical artificial disc replacement. Spine. 2006;31:2802–2806
  23. Leung C, Casey AT, Goffin J, et al. Clinical significance of heterotopic ossification in cervical disc replacement: prospective multicenter clinical trial. Neurosurgery. 2005;57:759–762

 The article is IRB approved.

 FDA device/drug status: investigational (Prodisc-C cervical disc replacement).

 Author disclosures: none.

PII: S1529-9430(09)00141-7

doi: 10.1016/j.spinee.2009.03.008

The Spine Journal
Volume 9, Issue 7 , Pages 551-555 , July 2009

Article Tools

* Image Usage & Resolution