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ArticleGlobal spine journal2018

Comparing the 5-Year Health State Utility Value of Cervical Disc Replacement and Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion.

Steven J McAnany, Robert K Merrill, Robert L Brochin, Samuel C Overley, Jun S Kim, Sheeraz A Qureshi

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Article in Global spine journal, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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3 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

  1. Cost-effectiveness of anterior surgical decompression surgery for cervical degenerative disk disease: a systematic review of economic evaluations.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 · 2022
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6 authors.

Steven J McAnanyWashington University Orthopedics-St Louis, MO, USA.
Robert K MerrillIcahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA.
Robert L BrochinIcahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA.
Samuel C OverleyIcahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA.
Jun S KimIcahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA.
Sheeraz A QureshiIcahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA.

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Abstract

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designHealth utility analysis.

objectivesTo determine the health state utility (HSU) of 1- and 2-level anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) and cervical disc replacement (CDR).

methodsData from the Medtronic Prestige Cervical Disc investigational device exemption studies was used. Four groups were defined: 1-level ACDF, 1-level CDR, 2-level ACDF, and 2-level CDR. The 36-item Short Form Health Survey (SF-36) was collected at baseline, 12 months, 24 months, 36 months, and 60 months postoperatively and converted into utility scores for each time point. A repeated-measures 1-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) was used to detect differences among groups. Tukey's method for multiple comparisons was used to determine which means within the groups were statistically different (

resultsWe found a statistically significant difference in HSU among groups as determined by repeated-measures 1-way ANOVA (

conclusionsOverall, CDR had higher health state utility scores for 1- and 2-level procedures at every time point. This study indicates that CDR results in a higher postoperative health utility state than ACDF, and may therefore be an effective alternative to ACDF for treating degenerative conditions of the cervical spine.

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anterior cervical discectomy and fusioncervical disc replacementcervical surgerycost-effectiveness analysishealth state utilityspine surgery

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PMID29456909
PMCPMC5810897

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