OBJECTIVE Fusion rates and long-term outcomes are well established for anterior cervical
discectomy and fusion (ACDF) of 3 levels or fewer, but there is a paucity of similar data on 4 …

Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) is a common treatment modality that has
shown good clinical results in patients with cervical degenerative disc disease. ACDF …

Introduction The purposes of this study were to identify the 2 year rate of reoperation and
determine patient-reported outcomes after elective one-and two-level anterior cervical …

Background context The natural history of cervical degenerative disease with operative
management has not been well described. Even with symptomatic and radiographic …

Study Design. Twenty-one outcome and outcome-relevant variables (fusion and patient
satisfaction) were evaluated in a subset of 348 of 514 patients operated on by one surgeon …

Purpose The purpose of this study was to compare the rates of adjacent segment
degeneration (ASD), sagittal alignment parameters, and patient-reported outcomes in …

Object Although the clinical outcomes following anterior cervical discectomy and fusion
(ACDF) surgery are generally good, 2 major complications are graft migration and nonunion …

OBJECTIVE: After 40 years of experience with anterior cervical operations, whether to fuse
is still controversial. This study seeks to answer this question. METHODS: In this prospective …

Background: Multilevel anterior cervical decompression and fixation of four and more levels
is a common surgical procedure used for several diseases. Methods: We reviewed the …

Between January 1996 and December 2005, a total of 1241 patients underwent anterior
cervical decompression and fusion for cervical degenerative diseases in the authors' …