Seminars in Spine Surgery
Volume 19, Issue 1 , Pages 22-26 , March 2007

The Role for Cervical Arthroplasty for Symptomatic Cervical Stenosis: The Case Against

  • Lali H.S. Sekhon, MD, PhD, FRACS

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    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Lali H.S. Sekhon, MD, PhD, FRACS, SpineNevada, 75 Pringle Way, Reno, NV 89502.

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  2. Pickett GE, Mitsis DK, Sekhon LHS, et al. Effects of a cervical disc prosthesis on segmental and cervical spine alignment. Neurosurg Focus. 2004;17(3):E8
  3. Sekhon LHS, Anderson MD, Lynch JJ, et al: MR imaging clarity of the Bryan, Prodisc-C, Prestige LP and PCM cervical arthroplasty devices. Spine 2006 (in press)
  4. Fehlings MG, Skaf G. A review of the pathophysiology of cervical spondylotic myelopathy with insights for potential novel mechanisms drawn from traumatic spinal cord injury. Spine. 1998;23(24):2730–2737
  5. Ogawa Y, Chiba K, Matsumoto M, et al. Postoperative factors affecting neurological recovery after surgery for cervical spondylotic myelopathy. J Neurosurg Spine. 2006;5:483–487

PII: S1040-7383(07)00011-1

doi: 10.1053/j.semss.2007.01.010

Seminars in Spine Surgery
Volume 19, Issue 1 , Pages 22-26 , March 2007

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