ProDisc-C Total Disc Replacement Versus Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion for Single-Level Symptomatic Cervical Disc Disease: Seven-Year Follow-up of the Prospective Randomized U.S. Food and Drug Administration Investigational Device Exemption Study

Conclusions:
Total disc arthroplasty with ProDisc-C is a safe and effective surgical treatment of single-level symptomatic cervical degenerative disc disease. Clinical outcomes after total disc arthroplasty with ProDisc-C were similar to those after ACDF. Patients treated with ProDisc-C had a lower probability of subsequent surgery, suggesting that total disc arthroplasty provides durable results and has the potential to slow the rate of adjacent-level disease.

Level of Evidence:
Therapeutic Level I. See Instructions for Authors for a complete description of levels of evidence.

Source: The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - November 4, 2015 Category: Orthopaedics Authors: Janssen, M. E., Zigler, J. E., Spivak, J. M., Delamarter, R. B., Darden, B. V., Kopjar, B. Tags: Spine Scientific Articles Source Type: research