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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>2306-4102</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Acta ortopédica mexicana]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Acta ortop. mex]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>2306-4102</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Colegio Mexicano de Ortopedia y Traumatología A.C.]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
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<article-meta>
<article-id>S2306-41022021000300282</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.35366/102368</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Cervical arthroplasty in a professional kick-boxing fighter, 7 years follow-up]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Artroplastia cervical en un luchador profesional de kick-boxing, 7 años de seguimiento]]></article-title>
</title-group>
<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Sugino]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[R Lindi]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Hartl]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[R]]></given-names>
</name>
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</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Klezl]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Z]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Instituto Vita Spine Surgery Department ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[São Paulo ]]></addr-line>
<country>Brazil</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,New York-Presbyterian Neurosurgery Department ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[New York ]]></addr-line>
<country>USA</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af3">
<institution><![CDATA[,Royal Derby Hospital Spine Surgery Department ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Derby ]]></addr-line>
<country>England</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2021</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2021</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>35</volume>
<numero>3</numero>
<fpage>282</fpage>
<lpage>285</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S2306-41022021000300282&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S2306-41022021000300282&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S2306-41022021000300282&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract: Spinal surgery in professional athletes is a topic of much discussion. Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) is the standard procedure used by surgeons, and other techniques used to treat athletes includes foraminotomies, laminoplasties and total disc replacement. Total disc replacement is an unusual technique used to treat athletes in general and is becoming a more important issue in full contact sports. This case report illustrates a 34 years old professional fighter that suffered a cervical injury that evolved with cervical axial pain and irradiated pain and numbness. She was submitted to total disc replacement (TDR) at the C5-6 level, returning to competitive sports after and with a seven-year follow-up. To the date she remains symptom free and besides having an anterior foramen, the spine was able to keep movement at that level. TDR may be a safe and trustworthy technique when treating elite athletes.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen: La cirugía de columna en atletas profesionales es un tema de mucha discusión. La discectomía y fusión cervical anterior es el procedimiento estándar utilizado por los cirujanos, y otras técnicas utilizadas para tratar a los atletas incluyen foraminotomías, laminoplastías y reemplazo total de disco. El reemplazo total del disco es una técnica inusual utilizada para tratar a los atletas en general y se está convirtiendo en un tema más importante en los deportes de contacto completo. Este informe de caso ilustra a una luchadora profesional de 34 años que sufrió una lesión cervical que evolucionó con dolor axial cervical y dolor irradiado y entumecimiento. Fue sometida a colocación de prótesis de disco en el nivel C5-6, regresando a los deportes competitivos y con un seguimiento de siete años. Hasta la fecha permanece libre de síntomas y además de tener un foramen anterior, la columna vertebral fue capaz de mantener el movimiento a ese nivel. La cirugía puede ser una técnica segura y confiable cuando se trata a atletas de élite.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Spinal surgery]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[athlete]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[arthroplasty]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[sport]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[cervical spine]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Cirugía de la columna vertebral]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[atleta]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[artroplastia]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[deporte]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[columna cervical]]></kwd>
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