Incidence and outcomes of anterior bone loss in single-level Prestige LP cervical disc replacement

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To the Editor: Total cervical disc replacement (TDR) has been widely used to treat cervical degenerative disc diseases (CDDD). However, implant-related complications, including implant migration, implant subsidence, heterotopic ossification (HO), and anterior bone loss (ABL), have been reported by many studies. ABL has received more attention in recent years; however, this phenomenon has been recognized only in cervical artificial discs without keels, including Bryan, Baguera-C, Discocerv, and Mobi-C.[1–6] Therefore, the first aim of this study was to evaluate the incidence of ABL in a keeled artificial disc, the Prestige-LP cervical disc system (Medtronic Sofamor Danek Inc., Memphis, TN, USA).