C2–C3 anterior cervical fusion: technical report

MA Finn, JD MacDonald - Clinical Spine Surgery, 2016 - journals.lww.com
Study Design: Retrospective review of patients at a university hospital. Objective: To
describe the anterior approach for cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) at C2–C3 level …

Does rigid instrumentation increase the fusion rate in one-level anterior cervical discectomy and fusion?

D Samartzis, FH Shen, C Lyon, M Phillips… - The Spine Journal, 2004 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND CONTEXT: Although plate fixation enhances the fusion rate in multilevel
anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF), debate exists regarding the efficacy of …

Comparison of clinical and radiographic outcome in instrumented anterior cervical discectomy and fusion with or without direct uncovertebral joint decompression

FH Shen, D Samartzis, N Khanna, EJ Goldberg, HS An - The Spine Journal, 2004 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND CONTEXT: Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) is an
established procedure for the operative treatment of cervical disc disease in patients with …

Interobservational variation in determining fusion rates in anterior cervical discectomy and fusion procedures

KN Fountas, EZ Kapsalaki, BE Smith… - European Spine …, 2007 - Springer
The fusion rate represents one of the most commonly used criteria for evaluating the efficacy
of spinal surgical techniques and the effectiveness of newly developed instrumentation and …

Instrumented four-level anterior cervical discectomy and fusion: long-term clinical and radiographic outcomes

MAR Soliman, AF Alkhamees, A Khan… - Neurology …, 2021 - journals.lww.com
Background: There is a paucity of data on outcomes following four-level anterior cervical
discectomy and fusions (ACDFs), especially the sagittal balance (SB) parameters. Objective …

[HTML][HTML] The choice of the best surgery after single level anterior cervical spine discectomy: a systematic review

RV Botelho, Y dos Santos Buscariolli… - The open …, 2012 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background: The anterior cervical discectomy (ACD) is often used to treat spinal cord and
nerve root compressions and the frequent use of interbody fusion (ACDF) has popularized it …

Characterizing the fusion order and level-specific rates of arthrodesis in 3-level anterior cervical discectomy and fusion: a radiographic study

NM Nichols, A Jamieson, M Wang, D Chou… - Journal of Clinical …, 2020 - Elsevier
Pseudarthrosis is a well-recognized complication following multi-level ACDF. We aim to
characterize the fusion order and level-specific rates of arthrodesis across four time points …

Clinical outcomes following one-, two-, three-, and four-level anterior cervical discectomy and fusion: a national database study

PY Joo, JR Zhu, AJ Kammien, MJ Gouzoulis… - The Spine Journal, 2022 - Elsevier
ABSTRACT Background Context Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) is a
common surgical procedure. There is markedly less data on outcomes after three-and four …

Long-term radiographic and functional outcomes of patients with absence of radiographic union at 2 years after single-level anterior cervical discectomy and fusion

CJ Lee, BS Boody, J Demeter… - Global Spine …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Study Design: Retrospective radiographic investigation. Objective: To evaluate the long-term
radiographic and functional outcomes of patients in whom there is absence of radiographic …

Single-level anterior cervical discectomy and fusion results in lower five-year revisions than posterior cervical foraminotomy in a large national cohort

RH Jayaram, PY Joo, MJ Gouzoulis, PP Ratnasamy… - Spine, 2023 - journals.lww.com
Study Design. A retrospective cohort study using the 2010–2020 MSpine PearlDiver
administrative data set. Objective. To compare perioperative adverse events and five-year …