Jeffrey M Spivak1, Jack E Zigler2, Travis Philipp3, Michael Janssen4, Bruce Darden5, Kris Radcliff6. 1. NYU Langone Orthopedic Hospital, New York, NY, USA. 2. Texas Back Institute, Plano, TX, USA. 3. Oregon Health and Science University, Sam Jackson Hall, Portland, OR, USA philipp@ohsu.edu. 4. Center for Spinal Disorders, Center for Spinal Disorders, Thornton, CO, USA. 5. Ortho Carolina Spine Center, Charlotte, NC, USA. 6. Rothman Orthopedics, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Cervical artificial disc replacement (C-ADR) has become a common and accepted surgical treatment for many patients with cervical disc degeneration/herniation and radiculopathy who have failed nonoperative treatment. Midterm follow-up studies of the original investigational device exemption trials comparing C-ADR to traditional anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) have revealed C-ADR patients have less adjacent-level disease and fewer reoperations at 5 to 7 years. The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship of radiographic adjacent-level disease (R-ALD) with the amount of index-level segmental range of motion (ROM) in C-ADR patients using the long-term follow-up data from the ProDisc-C investigational device exemption trial. METHODS: This was a post hoc analysis of a 1:1 randomized controlled trial. The initial previously described Food and Drug Administration-approved 2-year study was extended, and consenting patients in the original study were followed at annual intervals up to 7 years. Logistic regression was used to assess any progression in adjacent-level disease (ALD). Ordinal logistic regression was also used to assess the relationship between any progressive R-ALD and final flexion extension (F/E) ROM in C-ADR patients. Spearman's rank-order correlation was used when R-ALD was kept as an ordinal variable to assess the same relationship. RESULTS: At the last follow-up visit, the rate of progressive R-ALD was significantly higher in ACDF patients than in C-ADR patients. When C-ADR patients were divided into 3 groups based on final F/E ROM, those with 0° to 3° (n = 19), 4° to 6° (n = 15), and 7° (n = 42) of segmental motion at the index procedure level, the rate of progressive R-ALD trended significantly with final ROM (P = 0.01). CONCLUSIONS: C-ADR leads to a significant decrease in R-ALD compared to ACDF. The difference in R-ALD is related to the preservation of motion at the index level and resultant preservation of kinematics and forces across the adjacent disc space. This manuscript is generously published free of charge by ISASS, the International Society for the Advancement of Spine Surgery.
BACKGROUND: Cervical artificial disc replacement (C-ADR) has become a common and accepted surgical treatment for many patients with cervical disc degeneration/herniation and radiculopathy who have failed nonoperative treatment. Midterm follow-up studies of the original investigational device exemption trials comparing C-ADR to traditional anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) have revealed C-ADR patients have less adjacent-level disease and fewer reoperations at 5 to 7 years. The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship of radiographic adjacent-level disease (R-ALD) with the amount of index-level segmental range of motion (ROM) in C-ADR patients using the long-term follow-up data from the ProDisc-C investigational device exemption trial. METHODS: This was a post hoc analysis of a 1:1 randomized controlled trial. The initial previously described Food and Drug Administration-approved 2-year study was extended, and consenting patients in the original study were followed at annual intervals up to 7 years. Logistic regression was used to assess any progression in adjacent-level disease (ALD). Ordinal logistic regression was also used to assess the relationship between any progressive R-ALD and final flexion extension (F/E) ROM in C-ADR patients. Spearman's rank-order correlation was used when R-ALD was kept as an ordinal variable to assess the same relationship. RESULTS: At the last follow-up visit, the rate of progressive R-ALD was significantly higher in ACDF patients than in C-ADR patients. When C-ADR patients were divided into 3 groups based on final F/E ROM, those with 0° to 3° (n = 19), 4° to 6° (n = 15), and 7° (n = 42) of segmental motion at the index procedure level, the rate of progressive R-ALD trended significantly with final ROM (P = 0.01). CONCLUSIONS: C-ADR leads to a significant decrease in R-ALD compared to ACDF. The difference in R-ALD is related to the preservation of motion at the index level and resultant preservation of kinematics and forces across the adjacent disc space. This manuscript is generously published free of charge by ISASS, the International Society for the Advancement of Spine Surgery.
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