Abstract

BACKGROUND CONTEXT: Cervical total disc arthroplasty devices are fundamentally different than interbody devices used in fusion procedures. Unlike an interbody graft were a certain amount of collapse is advantageous and can improve the fusion rate, subsidence of the motion preserving implant will result in loss of motion and recurrence of foraminal stenosis. Implant subsidence may be due to endplate fracture or fatigue failure.

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