CERVICAL DISC ARTHROPLASTY NOT “EXPERIMENTAL.” WELL, YEAH. (Orthopedics This Week)
Why is the most studied spinal implant in history considered to be “experimental”?
Researchers from the U.S. and Brazil completed a massive review of the cervical disc arthroplasty literature. The team leader, Dan Riew, M.D., director of cervical spine surgery at Columbia University in New York, also hoped to refine the criteria for patient selection.
Their work, “Evidence-based Use of Arthroplasty in Cervical Degenerative Disc Disease,” appears in the January 8, 2019 edition of International Orthopedics...
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