Comparison of Clinical and Radiographic Changes after Bryan Disc Arthroplasty versus ACDF: A 60-Month Follow-Up on 120 Patients
Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=53585#.VMnhfyzQrzE Author(s) Fujiang Cao 1 , Tao Liu 1 , Yunqiang Xu 1 , Hui Han 2 , Ronghua Dong 2 , Shiqing Feng 1* Affiliation(s) 1 Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, General Hospital of Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China . 2 Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Tianjin TEDA Hospital, Tianjin, China . ABSTRACT Background: Artificial cervical disc replacement has become an option for cervical radiculopathy. Previous studies have evaluated the efficacy of this alternative without the scientific rigor of a concurrent control population in oriental patients for long-term follow-up. Objective: Therefore, we asked whether the 1) clinical and 2) radiographic outcomes of Bryan cervical disc prosthesis were better than that of anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) at single site, and whether the 3) occurrences of heterotopic oss...