What's the best surgical treatment for patients with cervical radiculopathy due to single-level degenerative disease? A randomized controlled trial.

To investigate the efficacy of adding supplemental fusion or arthroplasty after cervical anterior discectomy for symptomatic mono-level cervical degenerative disease (radiculopathy), which has not been substantiated in controlled trials until now.A randomized controlled trial is reported with 9 year...

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Main Authors: Roland D Donk, André L M Verbeek, Wim I M Verhagen, Hans Groenewoud, Allard J F Hosman, Ronald H M A Bartels
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5574537?pdf=render