Zou L, Rong X, Liu XJ, Liu H. Clinical and radiological outcomes of dynamic cervical implant arthroplasty: A 5-year follow-up. World J Clin Cases 2021; 9(16): 3869-3879 [PMID: 34141743 DOI: 10.12998/wjcc.v9.i16.3869]
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Hao Liu, MD, PhD, Professor, Department of Orthopedics, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, No. 37 Guoxue Lane, Chengdu 610041, Sichuan Province, China. liuhao6304@126.com
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Orthopedics
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Retrospective Study
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World J Clin Cases. Jun 6, 2021; 9(16): 3869-3879 Published online Jun 6, 2021. doi: 10.12998/wjcc.v9.i16.3869
Clinical and radiological outcomes of dynamic cervical implant arthroplasty: A 5-year follow-up
Li Zou, Xin Rong, Xi-Jiao Liu, Hao Liu
Li Zou, Department of Pediatric Surgery, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, Sichuan Province, China
Xin Rong, Hao Liu, Department of Orthopedics, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, Sichuan Province, China
Xi-Jiao Liu, Department of Radiology, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, Sichuan Province, China
Author contributions: Zou L and Rong X analyzed and interpreted the data and wrote the manuscript; Zou L and Liu XJ collected the data; Liu H designed this study and revised the article.
Institutional review board statement: This study was approved by the biomedical ethics committee of West China Hospital.
Informed consent statement: The informed consent was waived.
Conflict-of-interest statement: There are no conflicts of interest to disclose.
Data sharing statement: No additional data are available.
Open-Access: This article is an open-access article that was selected by an in-house editor and fully peer-reviewed by external reviewers. It is distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/Licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Corresponding author: Hao Liu, MD, PhD, Professor, Department of Orthopedics, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, No. 37 Guoxue Lane, Chengdu 610041, Sichuan Province, China. liuhao6304@126.com
Received: December 28, 2020 Peer-review started: December 28, 2020 First decision: January 17, 2021 Revised: January 30, 2021 Accepted: March 10, 2021 Article in press: March 10, 2021 Published online: June 6, 2021 Processing time: 136 Days and 17.8 Hours
ARTICLE HIGHLIGHTS
Research background
Dynamic cervical implant (DCI) stabilization has been reported to have satisfactory clinical and radiological results with short- and mid-term follow-up in the treatment of cervical degenerative disc disease.
Research motivation
Few reports about the clinical and radiological outcome with more than 5-year follow-up exist.
Research objectives
This is a 5-year follow-up study to investigate the long-term clinical and radiological results of DCI arthroplasty.
Research methods
A total of 40 patients who received DCI arthroplasty were consecutively reviewed from May 2010 to August 2015. The clinical results and radiological outcomes were retrospectively analyzed.
Research results
The patients’ clinical results were significantly improved at the last follow-up. The functional spinal unit lateral bending was limited, the segmental flexion-extension range of motion could be partially preserved, and the range of motion at adjacent level could be maintained after DCI arthroplasty. At the last follow-up, 12 (26.1%) segments developed heterotopic ossification.
Research conclusions
DCI arthroplasty is a safe and effective non-fusion technique to treat cervical degenerative disc disease in long-term follow-up.
Research perspectives
In the future, we hope to conduct multicenter randomized controlled trials to compare the DCI implantation and cervical disc replacement with regard to clinical and radiological results.
