Overview
The goal of this neck surgery is to remove a damaged or herniated disc and replace it with an artificial cervical disc. The artificial disc simulates normal disc motion which preserve the range of motion of the spinal column.Unlike the ACCF and ACDF procedures, there is no spinal fusion or joining of the bones in this surgery.
What it Treats
Cervical Disc Arthroplasty (Artificial Disc Replacement) is a surgical treatment for multiple cervical (neck) conditions, including:
- Herniated or bulging discs
- Pinched nerves
- Cervical radiculopathy
- Anterior Cervical Corpectomy and Fusion
- Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion
- Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion
- Cervical Fusion
- Cervical Laminectomy
- Cervical Laminoplasty
- Lumbar Laminectomy
- Lumbar Microdiscectomy
- Posterior Cervical Foraminotomy
- Posterior Fusion
- Posterior Lumbar Decompression and Fusion or Posterior Interbody Fusion
- Vertebroplasty and Kyphoplasty