Motion: There are pros/cons of both procedures, but they both should alleviate cervical disc related radiculopathy and have basically the same surgical risks. Fusion Pro: standard, well understood, routine. Disc Pro: Preserve motion (less stiff), possibly less adjacent segment degeneration, short recovery Fusion Con: stiffness, incr. adjacent segment breakdown, Disc Con: facet arthritis, revise to fusion
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