Open AccessWhat is a better value for your time? Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion versus cervical disc arthroplasty
Author(s) -
Alvin Katz,
Junho Song,
Daniel W. Bowles,
TP Ng,
Eric V. Neufeld,
Sayyida Hasan,
Dean C. Perfetti,
Nipun Sodhi,
David A. Essig,
Jeff S. Silber,
Sohrab Virk
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
journal of craniovertebral junction and spine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.38
H-Index - 23
eISSN - 0976-9285
pISSN - 0974-8237
DOI - 10.4103/jcvjs.jcvjs_69_22
Subject(s) - medicine , anterior cervical discectomy and fusion , confidence interval , surgery , anesthesia , cervical spine
Compared to anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF), the motion preservation of cervical disc arthroplasty (CDA) provides an attractive alternative with similar short-term results. However, there is a paucity of the economics of performing CDA over ACDF.