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Fig. 7 | BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

Fig. 7

From: Clinical and radiographic outcome of dynamic cervical implant (DCI) arthroplasty for degenerative cervical disc disease: a minimal five-year follow-up

Fig. 7

A 36-year old male patient diagnosed C6/7 disc herniation underwent anterior C6/7 discectomy and DCI arthroplasty. Preoperative lateral radiographic image (a) showed narrowed intervertebral space. 1 month postoperative X-ray image (b, c) demonstrated partial restoration of intervertebral height and appropriate position of DCI implant. However, Lateral and flexion-extension radiographic image at the final follow-up (d, e, f) illustrated subsidence of the DCI implant with decrease of the intervertebral height and ROM of FSU

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BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

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