Seminars in Spine Surgery
Volume 19, Issue 1 , Pages 18-21 , March 2007

The Role for Cervical Arthroplasty for Symptomatic Cervical Stenosis: Indicated for a Single-Level Cervical Disc Herniation Causing Stenosis with Myelopathy

  • Rick C. Sasso, MD

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    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Rick C. Sasso, MD, Associate Professor, Chief of Spine Surgery, Clinical Orthopaedic Surgery, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indiana Spine Group, 8402 Harcourt Rd., Suite 400, Indianapolis, IN 46260.

References 

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  2. Sekhon LH. Cervical arthroplasty in the management of spondylotic myelopathy. J Spinal Disord Tech. 2003;16:307–313
  3. Bertagnoli R, Yue JJ, Pfeiffer F, et al. Early results after ProDisc-C cervical disc replacement. J Neurosurg Spine. 2005;2:403–410
  4. Riew D, Anderson P, Sekhon LH, et al. Cervical Disc Arthroplasty for Myelopathy. 2006;North American Spine Society 21st Annual Meeting: September 26-30, Seattle, Washington.

PII: S1040-7383(07)00027-5

doi: 10.1053/j.semss.2007.03.001

Seminars in Spine Surgery
Volume 19, Issue 1 , Pages 18-21 , March 2007

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