Jack offers some helpful advice, but I am not sure what he means about inferior disc types. I am 15 years post-op with a Charite disc. It has done me very well. Still others have done really well with the ProDisc, also long-term. Same it true for the Mobi C and L.
NSAIDs are important post-op for ANY cervical ADR patient. Search for heterotopic ossification, which I've expounded upon hundreds of times since 2004:
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