TY - JOUR
AU1 - Chapman, Jens R.
AU2 - Riew, Daniel
AB - Introduction— Cervical artificial disc replacement: still experimental? (…) 5—8 Cervical artificial disc replacement: still experimental? Introduction and perspectives on cervical artificial disc replacement 1 2 Authors Jens R Chapman, Ed itor-i n Ch ief , Dan iel R iew, Guest Ed itor Institutions Un iversity of Wash i ngton Med ic i ne, Seattle, Wash i ngton, WA , USA Wash i ngton Un iversity Orthoped ics, St Louis, MO, USA Fernstrom spherical endoprostheses, utilized in the 1960s, may have been the first arti - ficial discs implanted in humans. These were non-articulating, ball-bearinglike devices that replaced discs and preserved motion. In 1966, Fernstrom reported the use of these devices in the cervical, as well as the lumbar spine [1] (Fig 1). Modern cervical artificial disc replacement (C-ADR) first made its debut in 1991, with the Bristol/Cummins disc, the first of numerous articulating C-A DR devices ( Fig 2). The original devices were implanted by Cummins in 20 patients, who later reported that some continued to function well, up to 12 years after implantation [2]. Results from these early articulating mechanical devices were encouraging, enough that further interest in these devices appeared very reasonable. Over the past 20 years, 
TI - Cervical artificial disc replacement: still experimental? Introduction and perspectives on cervical artificial disc replacement
JF - Evidence-Based Spine-Care Journal
DO - 10.1055/s-0031-1298603
DA - 2012-02-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/pubmed-central/cervical-artificial-disc-replacement-still-experimental-introduction-0rQ9dDgaNK
SP - 5
EP - 8
VL - 3
IS - Suppl 1
DP - DeepDyve
ER -