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Lower 5-yr subsequent surgery rate with Mobi-C disc arthroplasty vs ACDF with allograft
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J Neurosurg Spine. 2016 May;24(5):734-45
599 patients with either single- or two-level degenerative cervical disc disease were randomized to treatment through either cervical disc arthroplasty (CDA) or anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF). Data on subsequent surgeries - occurring either at the index level, adjacent level, or both - were obtained and compared between groups. Data demonstrated significantly lower rates of both subsequent surgery at the index level and subsequent surgery at adjacent levels in the CDA group compared to the ACDF group.
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