Artificial disc replacement and spinal fusion in treating cervical spondylosis
ZHANG Wei-cheng
MAI Wei
LIAO Xing-hua
HUANG Xiao-wei
FANG Wen-huan
LI Zhi
Abstract：Objectives To compare the curative effects of artificial disc replacement and spinal fusion in treating cervical spondylosis. Methods A total of 20 patients with cervical spondylosis received artificial disc re-placement and 24 cases were treated with spinal fusion. Japanese Orthopedic Association(JOA) 17 score scale was used for the neurological assessment and dynamical X-rays examination was done preoperatively and 3 month postop-eratively. The stability and the movement range of the cervical vertebrae were observed. Results All patients in two groups had improvement of clinical symptom and spinal cord function. There was no complication. Three months later, JOA score increased obviously in all cases(P <0.01) and there was no statistical significance between two groups (P>0.05). Conclusions Artificial disc replacement and the spinal fusion show the same clinical results in treating cervical spondylosis, but the artificial disc replacement has advantages like good spinal stability, no loss of motor function, motion range of close to normal population and helps prevent adjacent degeneration.
Keywords：Cervical spondylosisIntervertebral discArthroplastyReplacementFusion
Publication Date：2010-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2026-09-14(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：2( 246-247 )