Table 5.
Top 10 co-cited references concerning the research of total disc replacement.
| Rank | Author | Title | Cited frequency | Journal | Y | IF (2022) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hilibrand AS | Radiculopathy and myelopathy at segments adjacent to the site of a previous anterior cervical arthrodesis | 297 | Journal of Bone And Joint Surgery-American Volume | 1999 | 6.558 |
| 2 | Mummane ni PV | Clinical and radiographic analysis of cervical disc arthroplasty compared with allograft fusion: a randomized controlled clinical trial | 218 | Journal of Neurosurgery-Spine | 2007 | 3.467 |
| 3 | 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 | 208 | Spine Journal | 2009 | 4.297 |
| 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 | 195 | Spine | 2009 | 3.421 |
| 5 | Eck JC | Biomechanical study on the effect of cervical spine fusion on adjacent-level intradiscal pressure and segmental motion | 175 | Spine | 2002 | 3.421 |
| 6 | McAfee PC | Classification of heterotopic ossification (HO) in artificial disk replacement | 159 | Journal of Spinal Disorders & Techniques | 2003 | NA |
| 7 | 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 |
142 | Spine | 2005 | 3.421 |
| 8 | Goffin J | Intermediate follow-up after treatment of degenerative disc disease with the Bryan Cervical Disc Prosthesis: Single-level and bi-level | 133 | Spine | 2003 | 3.421 |
| 9 | 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 | 131 | Journal of Neurosurgery-Spine | 2011 | 3.467 |
| 10 | Robertson JT | Assessment of adjacent-segment disease in patients treated with cervical fusion or arthroplasty: a prospective 2-y study | 124 | Journal of Neurosurgery-Spine | 2005 | 3.467 |