JG,
Let me first ditto Jim/Laura; easily the most important part of the ADR decision equation is finding the right surgeon. While it takes a LOT of research to answer that question, I'll go ahead and throw out Jack Ziglar at Texas Back in Plano, TX. If you use him you'll get a ProDisc, which I dislike intensely, but I'd challenge you to find a bad outcome at his scalpel.
When I was researching my ADR insurance appeal, the Bryan disc routinely appeared in medical documentation. One common theme with it was that within the 2yr follow up of the FDA studies that it produced about a 10% autofusion rate. I suspect that this nasty complication is why you don't hear of its employment in the US or Europe; because you don't see that autofusion rate with ProDisc, Prestige, M6, et al.
Good luck, Jeff
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C4/5 - ACDF in 2000
C5/6 - ACDF in 2002
C3/4 & C6/7 - M6 ADR, Nov 2009, Barcelona
Conceded defeat to a manifestly disingenuous BCBS-TX in my quest for reimbursement, Jan 2011
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