Two-level artificial disc placement for spondylotic cervical myelopathy

J Clin Neurosci. 2004 May;11(4):412-5. doi: 10.1016/j.jocn.2003.10.001.

Abstract

This report describes a 49-year-old woman who presented with a myeloradiculopathy with two-level spinal cord compression. She underwent C5-6 and C6-7 anterior cervical decompressions and placement of two Bryan disc (Medtronic Sofamor-Danek. Memphis, TN) prostheses. Whilst single-level cervical arthroplasty using the Bryan disc prosthesis has been described before, this is the first two-level case reported in the literature and opens the way for the possible future management of multilevel cervical cord compression in a way that maintains cervical motion, avoids donor site bone graft problems, and may reduce the incidence of adjacent segment disease.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Arthroplasty, Replacement / methods*
  • Cervical Vertebrae / diagnostic imaging
  • Cervical Vertebrae / surgery*
  • Diskectomy / methods*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Middle Aged
  • Spinal Cord Diseases / diagnostic imaging
  • Spinal Cord Diseases / surgery*
  • Spondylolysis / diagnostic imaging
  • Spondylolysis / surgery*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Treatment Outcome