The advancements and preliminary research results for cervical artificial disc replacements as an alternative spine surgical treatment for degenerative disc disease are promising. When spine surgery is required for degenerative disc disease, the traditional procedure has been a spinal fusion. This has been considered the “gold standard” of treatment. I predict that in the future, the “gold standard” of surgical treatment of certain types of cervical radiculopathy caused by a herniated disc will be a cervical artificial disc rather than a spinal fusion.
A recent article that I co-wrote, provides an overview and summary of the different cervical artificial discs that are currently being used in FDA-trials. The Prestige Disc was approved last summer (2007). Also last summer, the BRYAN cervical artificial disc received preliminary FDA-approval and the Prodisc-C was approved earlier this year.
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