2024
Outcomes following two-level Cervical Disc Arthroplasty Relative to two-level Anterior Cervical Discectomy.
Ratnasamy P, Gouzoulis M, Jabbouri S, Varthi A, Grauer J. Outcomes following two-level Cervical Disc Arthroplasty Relative to two-level Anterior Cervical Discectomy. Spine 2024 PMID: 39190404, DOI: 10.1097/brs.0000000000005131.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCervical disc arthroplasty patientsFive-year survivalCervical disc arthroplastyPostoperative adverse eventsSpine reoperationTwo-level cervical disc arthroplastyAdverse eventsACDF patientsPatient ageElixhauser Comorbidity IndexTreatment optionsMultivariate analysisDegenerative cervical spine pathologyTwo-level surgeryCervical spine pathologyTwo-level ACDFAnterior cervical discectomyNovel treatment optionsMinor adverse eventsCervical discectomyNo significant differenceSpine pathologyACDFReoperationComorbidity index
2022
Cervical Disc Arthroplasty Usage Has Leveled Out From 2010 to 2021
Ratnasamy P, Rudisill K, Maloy G, Grauer J. Cervical Disc Arthroplasty Usage Has Leveled Out From 2010 to 2021. Spine 2022, 48: e342-e348. PMID: 36728785, PMCID: PMC10300227, DOI: 10.1097/brs.0000000000004560.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSingle-level cervical disc arthroplastyCervical disc arthroplastyKaplan-Meyer survival analysisPredictive patient factorsCervical spine pathologySingle-level ACDFAnterior cervical discectomyAnterior cervical surgeryCervical spine surgerySpine reoperationCervical surgeryCervical discectomyPatient factorsPredictive factorsSpine surgeryACDFDisc arthroplastySpine pathologyEpidemiologic studiesOrthopaedic surgeonsCommercial insuranceSurvival analysisMultivariate analysisSurgeryYounger age