Radiographic and clinical outcomes following single-level anterior cervical discectomy and allograft fusion without plate placement or cervical collar

J Jagannathan, CI Shaffrey, RJ Oskouian… - … of Neurosurgery: Spine, 2008 - thejns.org
… The results of our study suggest that plate placement adds little to the ACDF procedure
alone for the management of single-level cervical spondylosis. The fusion rate of 94% following …

Comparison of allograft to autograft in multilevelanterior cervical discectomy and fusion with rigid plate fixation

D Samartzis, FH Shen, DK Matthews, ST Yoon… - The Spine Journal, 2003 - Elsevier
… rigid plating with either autograft or allograft. In this study, nonunion occurred in patients with
allograft but this difference was not statistically significant. Fusion was obtained in 97.8% of …

Revision of anterior cervical pseudarthrosis with anterior allograft fusion and plating

D Coric, CL Branch, JD Jenkins - Journal of neurosurgery, 1997 - thejns.org
allografts and either the Cervical Spine Locking Plate system (10 patients) or the Trapezial
Osteosynthetic Plate … The suboptimum screw placement did not affect solid osseous fusion or …

Anterior cervical plating enhances arthrodesis after discectomy and fusion with cortical allograft

MG Kaiser, RW Haid Jr, BR Subach, B Barnes… - …, 2002 - journals.lww.com
allograft and plate stabilization between 1993 and 1999. An independent surgeon reviewer
determined fusion … single-level fusion with anterior cervical plate placement. All patients …

Use of allograft bone for posterior C1–2 fusion

VH Hillard, DR Fassett, MA Finn… - Journal of Neurosurgery …, 2009 - thejns.org
… We speculate that most allograft failures are attributable to graft placement in an unloaded
… with rigid anterior plate fixation? Spine 30:1756–1761, 2005 24. Silber JS, Anderson DG, …

Anterior cervical fusion using dense cancellous allografts and dynamic plating

RSV Balabhadra, DH Kim, HY Zhang - Neurosurgery, 2004 - journals.lww.com
… cervical discectomy followed by placement of dense cancellous allograft and a spacer with
… even with full translatable plates, dense cortical allografts will provide sufficient support for …

Femoral ring allograft for anterior cervical interbody fusion

S Shapiro, R Bindal - Neurosurgery, 2000 - journals.lww.com
… ring allografts were developed for anterior cervical fusion after … We describe the system and
the technique for placement. … plate (for internal fixation), and allogeneic bone matrix fused 99…

Anterior lumbar fusion options technique and graft materials

JA KOZAK, AE HEILMAN… - Clinical Orthopaedics and …, 1994 - journals.lww.com
fusion were reviewed retrospectively. The fusion was performed with a composite construct
consisting of femoral allograft cross-sections and allograft … issue of endplate preparation. If …

A review of the utility of obtaining repeated postoperative radiographs following single-level anterior cervical decompression, fusion, and plate placement: Case report

KT Ugokwe, IH Kalfas, TE Mroz… - Journal of Neurosurgery …, 2008 - thejns.org
… The use of allograft bone is associated with lower fusion rates, and the use of anterior
plates in addition to allografts is associated with improved fusion rates and alignment.The …

Anterior approaches to fusion of the cervical spine: a metaanalysis of fusion rates

JF Fraser, R Härtl - Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine, 2007 - thejns.org
… , the addition of allograft and anterior plate increases the fusion rate. For two- and three
disc–level disease ACDFP and corpectomy with plate placement are relatively comparable. …