CERVICAL TOTAL DISC REPLACEMENT

Cervical Total Disc Replacement

Authors

  • Col Muhammad Asad Qureshi Consultant Orthopaedic Spine Surgeon, Spine Unit, Combined Military Hospital Rawalpindi
  • Waseem Afzal Combined Military Hospital Rawalpindi, Pakistan
  • Arslan S Malik Combined Military Hospital Rawalpindi, Pakistan
  • Ahmed Bilal Khalique Combined Military Hospital Rawalpindi, Pakistan
  • Max Aebi University of Bern, Switzerland

Abstract

Traditional gold standard operation of anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) has been challenged in the recent past. Cervical total disc replacement (TDR) has been suggested as an alternative to preserve motion and prevent complications associated with ACDF. Many recent randomly controlled trials (RCTs) have proven TDR equivalent to, if not superior to ACDF with added advantages of preserving motion and decreasing donor site morbidity1. In this article we present two cases that have completed at least one year follow up. To our knowledge this is the first case report of cervical TDR from Pakistan

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Published

30-09-2010

Issue

Vol. 60 No. 3 (2010): September

Section

Case Reports

How to Cite

1.
Qureshi CMA, Afzal W, Malik AS, Khalique AB, Aebi M. CERVICAL TOTAL DISC REPLACEMENT: Cervical Total Disc Replacement. Pak Armed Forces Med J [Internet]. 2010 Sep. 30 [cited 2024 Dec. 28];60(3):500-2. Available from: https://pafmj.org/PAFMJ/article/view/1872