Radiological follow-up after implanting cervical disc prosthesis in anterior discectomy: a systematic review

ObjectiveThe objective of this study was to review current literature on comparison of radiological outcome of cervical arthroplasty with fusion after anterior discectomy for radiculopathy.MethodsA literature search was performed in PubMed, Embase, Web of Science, COCHRANE, CENTRAL and CINAHL using a sensitive search string combination. Studies were selected by predefined selection criteria (a.o. patients exclusively suffering from cervical radiculopathy) and risk of bias was assessed using a validated Cochrane Checklist adjusted for this purpose.

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