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Cervical total disc replacement, part two: clinical results.

Bertagnoli R, Duggal N, Pickett GE, Wigfield CC, Gill SS, Karg A, Voigt S

Spine Center, St.-Elisabeth-Klinikum, St.-Elisabeth-Str. 23, 94315 Straubing, Germany. bertagnoli@pro-spine.com

This article focuses on the clinical results of three prostheses (the Bryan Cervical Disc, the Bristol Disc, and the ProDisc-C) for cervical total disc replacement. Background on the development, design, and biomechanical characteristics of each prosthesis is given and surgical indications and clinical results are summarized and analyzed.

Published 13 June 2005 in Orthop Clin North Am, 36(3): 355-62.
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