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Trial reportEuropean spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society2015

Clinical and radiological features of hybrid surgery in multilevel cervical degenerative disc disease.

Giovanni Grasso

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Trial report in European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 30 papers, 10 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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30citing papers in PubMed, 10 pooled it
6.8field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

30 citing papers in PubMed, 10 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 66 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Cervical radiculopathy: is a prosthesis preferred over fusion surgery? A systematic review.European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society · 2020
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  7. Treating multi-level cervical disc disease with hybrid surgery compared to anterior cervical discectomy and fusion: a systematic review and meta-analysis.European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society · 2017
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  20. Cervical disc arthroplasty at C2-3: illustrative case.Journal of neurosurgery. Case lessons · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Giovanni GrassoNeurosurgical Clinic, Department of Experimental Biomedicine and Clinical Neurosciences, School of Medicine, University of Palermo, Via del Vespro 129, Palermo, 90100, Italy. giovanni.grasso@unipa.it.
University of Palermo · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeAlthough several studies have established the safety and efficacy of cervical disc arthroplasty (CDA) as compared to anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF), few studies have investigated the role of hybrid surgery (HS) that incorporates ACDF and CDA techniques in multilevel cervical degenerative disc disease (MLCDDD).

methodsThis prospective study enrolled patients with MLCDDD who underwent HS. Twenty consecutive patients who underwent HS were compared with patients who underwent ACDF and CDA at the same level of surgery. Patients were followed up for more than 2 years. Intraoperative parameters, clinical features and outcome scores were recorded. Radiological assessments included overall range of motion (ROM), disc height (DHI), and changes in adjacent disc spaces.

resultsDuration of surgery was significantly shorter for ACDF compared with HS and CDA (P < 0.05). The VAS, SF-36, JOA, and NDI scores improved significantly after surgery in all the patients without significant differences among the groups. Cervical ROM increased significantly in CDA and HS groups as compared with ACDF-treated patients (P < 0.05). The mean DHI at the treated level was significantly restored after surgery in all the groups. The HS group returned to work faster (30 days) when compared with both ACDF (62 days) and CDA (65 days) (P < 0.05).

conclusionHS is an effective, reliable, and safe procedure for the treatment MLCDDD. Such a surgical construct is comparable to ACDF and CDA in terms of safety and feasibility. However, large, randomized controlled trials are warranted.

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AdultAgedCervical VertebraeDiskectomyFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHumansIntervertebral Disc DegenerationMaleMiddle AgedProspective StudiesSpinal FusionTreatment OutcomeAnterior cervical discectomy fusionArtificial disc replacementFunctional scoresHybrid surgery

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PMID26463866
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