Cervical disc replacement may yield better clinical outcomes vs. discectomy, fusion

CHICAGO — Results presented here showed a significantly greater overall clinical success rate with cervical disc replacement in patients with cervical disc disease compared with anterior cervical discectomy and fusion.
“These results add to the growing body of literature supporting disc replacement for treating two-level cervical disc disease with radiculopathy and/or myelopathy,” Richard D. Guyer, MD, said in his presentation at the North American Spine Society Annual Meeting.
Guyer and colleagues compared patients with two-level cervical disc disease who underwent cervical

CHICAGO — Results presented here showed a significantly greater overall clinical success rate with cervical disc replacement in patients with cervical disc disease compared with anterior cervical discectomy and fusion.
“These results add to the growing body of literature supporting disc replacement for treating two-level cervical disc disease with radiculopathy and/or myelopathy,” Richard D. Guyer, MD, said in his presentation at the North American Spine Society Annual Meeting.
Guyer and colleagues compared patients with two-level cervical disc disease who underwent cervical