Goals of cervical disc replacement.
review · Level V
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Abstract
The goals of cervical arthroplasty are reviewed against a backdrop of adjacent segment disease, restoring normal kinematics to the motion segment, and avoidance of fusion in situations where fusion may be difficult to obtain or unwanted.
Medical subject headings
- Arthroplasty, Replacement
- Intervertebral Disc
- Osteoarthritis
Anatomy
- cervical spine