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ReviewNeurospine2026

A Comprehensive Review of Spinal Arthroplasty.

David D Liu, Evan Dennis, Advait Patil, Emily H Song, Joshua I Chalif, Rohaid Ali, John H Chi

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Review in Neurospine, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

David D LiuDepartment of Neurosurgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Evan DennisDepartment of Neurosurgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Advait PatilDepartment of Neurosurgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Emily H SongDepartment of Neurosurgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Joshua I ChalifDepartment of Neurosurgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Rohaid AliDepartment of Neurosurgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
John H ChiDepartment of Neurosurgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Spinal arthroplasty aims to preserve or reconstruct the normal biomechanical functions of the spine with motion-preserving implants. Although fusion is a proven technique to stabilize the spine, it is nonphysiologic with known limitations such as loss of mobility and risk of adjacent segment disease. This paper focuses on the main areas of spinal arthroplasty including cervical disc replacement, lumbar disc replacement, and lumbar facet arthroplasty. We review the biomechanics, history, outcomes, and future directions for each of these over the last 30 years. Although today spinal arthroplasty is only used in very specific degenerative settings, as innovation in spinal arthroplasty progresses, this will lead to wider adoption and a future where spine surgery is truly reconstructive and motion-preserving.

Indexed as

ArthroplastyCervical disc replacementLumbar disc replacementLumbar facet replacementMotion preservationSpinal implantsSpine

Identifiers

PMID42097741
PMCPMC13152690

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