Comparison of Radiographic Reconstruction and Clinical Improvement between Artificial Cervical Disc Replacement and Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion

Table 1

General information of the patients^a.

Variable	ACDR	ACDF	Total	value
Number of cases	47	46	93
Gender (female/male)	12/35	24/22	36/57
Age (years)	45.68 ± 9.255	51.85 ± 12.43	48.73 ± 11.31	0.048
BMI (kg/m^2)	25.28 ± 3.860	25.33 ± 3.989	25.30 ± 3.903	0.95
Follow-up (months)	48.72 ± 10.39	46.04 ± 10.82	47.40 ± 10.63	0.23
Surgical level
C3/4	6	6	12	0.62
C4/5	1	2	3	0.50
C5/6	28	32	62	0.26
C6/7	12	4	16	0.052

^aValues are presented as mean ± standard deviation or number of cases. Abbreviations: ACDR, artificial cervical disc replacement; ACDF, anterior cervical discectomy and fusion.