Internal medicine

Pathology

Cervical vertebrae

Cervical spine

Radiography

Range of motion

Surgery

Randomized controlled trial

Alternative medicine

Degenerative disc disease

Heterotopic ossification

Neck pain

Decompression

Lumbar

Cervical radiculopathy

Confidence interval

Medicine

Journal of Neurosurgery Spine

In BriefIn this study the authors compare cervical arthroplasty with fusion surgery in a randomized controlled trial using patient-reported outcome measures and MRI after 5 years of follow-up. Because the main purpose of arthroplasties is to prevent adjacent-segment pathology, it is important to investigate if that is actually realized in practice.

Artificial disc replacement versus fusion in patients with cervical degenerative disc disease and radiculopathy: a randomized controlled trial with 5-year outcomes