Table 4.
Top 10 cited articles in the field of total disc replacement.
| Rank | Author | Title | Citations | Citations/Y | Journal | Y | IF (2022) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mummane ni PV | Clinical and radiographic analysis of cervical disc arthroplasty compared with allograft fusion: a randomized controlled clinical trial | 411 | 25.69 | Journal of Neurosurgery-Spine | 2007 | 3.467 |
| 2 | Murrey D | Results of the prospective, randomized, controlled multicenter Food and Drug Administration investigational, device exemption study of the ProDisc-C total disc replacement vs anterior discectomy and fusion for the treatment of 1-level symptomatic cervical disc disease | 370 | 26.43 | Spine Journal | 2009 | 4.297 |
| 3 | Blumenthal S | A prospective, randomized, multicenter food and drug administration Investigational device exemptions study of lumbar total disc replacement with the CHARITE (TM) artificial disc vs lumbar fusion Part I: Evaluation of clinical outcomes |
358 | 19.89 | Spine | 2005 | 3.241 |
| 4 | Heller JG | Comparison of BRYAN Cervical Disc Arthroplasty With Anterior Cervical Decompression and Fusion Clinical and Radiographic Results of a Randomized, Controlled, Clinical Trial | 348 | 24.86 | Spine | 2009 | 3.241 |
| 5 | Fairbank J | Results of the prospective, randomized, multicenter food and drug administration investigational device exemption study of the ProDisc (R)-L total disc replacement vs circumferential fusion for the treatment of 1-level degenerative disc disease | 290 | 18.13 | Spine | 2007 | 3.241 |
| 6 | Coric D | Prospective, randomized, multicenter study of cervical arthroplasty: 269 patients from the KineflexIC artificial disc investigational device exemption study with a minimum 2-y follow-up Clinical article | 245 | 20.42 | Journal of Neurosurgery-Spine | 2011 | 3.467 |
| 7 | Goffin J | Intermediate follow-up after treatment of degenerative disc disease with the Bryan Cervical Disc Prosthesis: Single-level and bi-level | 235 | 1 1.75 | Spine | 2003 | 3.241 |
| 8 | Dmitriev AE | Adjacent level intradiscal pressure and segmental kinematics following a cervical total disc arthroplasty - An in vitro human cadaveric model | 227 | 12.61 | Spine | 2005 | 3.241 |
| 9 | McAfee PC | Classification of heterotopic ossification (HO) in artificial disk replacement | 226 | 1 1.3 | Journal of Spinal Disorders & Techniques | 2003 | NA |
| 10 | Harrop JS | Lumbar adjacent segment degeneration and disease after arthrodesis and total disc arthroplasty | 215 | 14.33 | Spine | 2008 | 3.241 |