BACKGROUND: Cervical disc arthroplasty (CDA) has emerged as an alternative to anterior cervical discectomy and fusion for degenerative cervical disc disease. The artificial discs provide intervertebral motion using multicomponent articulation and thus tend to generate particulate debris and soluble metal ions. Limited information is available on the long-term metal concentrations and associated systemic adverse events observed in metal-on-metal CDA. Serum chromium (Cr) and nickel (Ni) concentrations were assessed in patients implanted with ball-in-trough stainless steel-based cervical disc through 7 years. METHODS: A prospective, nonrandomized longitudinal study was conducted that included 25 patients following rigorous exclusion criteria that included no previous permanent metal implants and no professional exposure to metal particles. Blood serum Cr and Ni concentrations were assayed preoperatively and at 3, 6, 12, 24, 36, 60, and 84 months postoperatively using high-resolution inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry. Longitudinal statistical comparisons were made using the Friedman test with statistical significance at P < .05. RESULTS: Median serum concentrations determined preoperatively and at 3, 6, 12, 24, 36, 60, and 84 months postoperatively were 0.074, 0.106, 0.132, 0.170, 0.172, 0.274, 0.192, and 0.203 ng/mL for Cr and 0.085, 0.178, 0.222, 0.175, 0.205, 0.284, 0.181, and 0.194 ng/mL for Ni. The serum Cr concentrations were statistically higher for all postoperative time periods compared to preoperative concentration (Friedman P <.01), whereas serum Ni concentration was statistically higher at the 84-month postoperative time period than the preoperative concentration (Friedman P <.01) and then the concentration at 3, 12, 24, and 60 months postoperatively (Friedman P < .03). CONCLUSIONS: The Cr concentrations detected at all postoperative times were statistically higher than preoperative concentrations, whereas Ni concentration was statistically higher than the preoperative concentration only at 84 months.
BACKGROUND: Cervical disc arthroplasty (CDA) has emerged as an alternative to anterior cervical discectomy and fusion for degenerative cervical disc disease. The artificial discs provide intervertebral motion using multicomponent articulation and thus tend to generate particulate debris and soluble metal ions. Limited information is available on the long-term metal concentrations and associated systemic adverse events observed in metal-on-metal CDA. Serum chromium (Cr) and nickel (Ni) concentrations were assessed in patients implanted with ball-in-trough stainless steel-based cervical disc through 7 years. METHODS: A prospective, nonrandomized longitudinal study was conducted that included 25 patients following rigorous exclusion criteria that included no previous permanent metal implants and no professional exposure to metal particles. Blood serum Cr and Ni concentrations were assayed preoperatively and at 3, 6, 12, 24, 36, 60, and 84 months postoperatively using high-resolution inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry. Longitudinal statistical comparisons were made using the Friedman test with statistical significance at P < .05. RESULTS: Median serum concentrations determined preoperatively and at 3, 6, 12, 24, 36, 60, and 84 months postoperatively were 0.074, 0.106, 0.132, 0.170, 0.172, 0.274, 0.192, and 0.203 ng/mL for Cr and 0.085, 0.178, 0.222, 0.175, 0.205, 0.284, 0.181, and 0.194 ng/mL for Ni. The serum Cr concentrations were statistically higher for all postoperative time periods compared to preoperative concentration (Friedman P <.01), whereas serum Ni concentration was statistically higher at the 84-month postoperative time period than the preoperative concentration (Friedman P <.01) and then the concentration at 3, 12, 24, and 60 months postoperatively (Friedman P < .03). CONCLUSIONS: The Cr concentrations detected at all postoperative times were statistically higher than preoperative concentrations, whereas Ni concentration was statistically higher than the preoperative concentration only at 84 months.
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