title: Two-level artificial disc placement for spondylotic cervical myelopathy.
abstract: This report describes a 49-year-old woman who presented with a myeloradiculopathy with two-level spinal cord compression. She underwent C5-6 and C6-7 anterior cervical decompressions and placement of two Bryan disc (Medtronic Sofamor-Danek. Memphis, TN) prostheses. Whilst single-level cervical arthroplasty using the Bryan disc prosthesis has been described before, this is the first two-level case reported in the literature and opens the way for the possible future management of multilevel cervical cord compression in a way that maintains cervical motion, avoids donor site bone graft problems, and may reduce the incidence of adjacent segment disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery and Spinal Injuries Unit, Level 7, Royal North Shore Hospital, St. Leonards, Sydney, NSW 2065, Australia. lali@spinalneurosurgery.com
authors.forename: Lali H S
authors.initials: LH
authors.lastname: Sekhon
mesh_terms: D019643:Arthroplasty, Replacement / Q000379:methods*; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D017586:Diskectomy / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D013118:Spinal Cord Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D013169:Spondylolysis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome