Adjacent segment degeneration or disease after cervical total disc replacement: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials
Abstract Background Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) has been widely used in cervical spondylosis, but adjacent segment degeneration/disease (ASD) was inevitable. Cervical total disc replacement (TDR) could reduce the stress of adjacent segments and retard ASD in theory, but the superi...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2018-10-01
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Series: | Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13018-018-0940-9 |