Publication Name	World Journal of Orthopedics
Manuscript ID	2700
Country	United States

Received	2013-03-08 08:12
Peer-Review Started	2013-03-08 11:15
To Make the First Decision	2013-03-26 11:26
Return for Revision	2013-04-01 10:13
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Second Decision	2013-05-18 17:00
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Category	Orthopedics
Manuscript Type	Editorial
Article Title	Cervical adjacent segment pathology following fusion: Is it due to fusion?
Manuscript Source	Invited Manuscript
All Author List	Philip Rosenthal and Kee D Kim
Funding Agency and Grant Number
Corresponding Author	Kee D Kim, MD, Associate Professor, Chief of Spinal Neurosurgery, Department of Neurological Surgery, UC Davis Health System, 3860 Y Street, Suite 3740, Sacramento, CA 95817, United States. Kee.kim@ucdmc.ucdavis.edu
Key Words	Cervical; Diskectomy; Fusion; Arthroplasty; Adjacent; Degeneration
Core Tip	Cervical artificial disc surgery has brought the expectation of a lower rate of adjacent segment pathology. Randomized controlled trials (RCTs), currently have only two to four years follow ups and the results regarding adjacent segment surgery indicate only non statistically significant trends favoring the anterior cervical discectomy and arthroplasty (ACDA). Higher rates of radiographic adjacent level pathology, after anterior cervical diskectomy and fusion (ACDF) is already documented. We predict that as the RCT average age mid forty-year-old patients continue to their almost forty year expected longevity, adjacent level surgery rates after ACDF will also increase in comparison to the ACDA patients.
Publish Date	2013-07-18 21:44
Citation	Rosenthal P, Kim KD. Cervical adjacent segment pathology following fusion: Is it due to fusion? World J Orthop 2013; 4(3): 112-113
URL	http://www.wjgnet.com/2218-5836/full/v4/i3/112.htm
DOI	http://dx.doi.org/10.5312/wjo.v4.i3.112

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