Anterior discectomy and fusion for the management of neck pain

M Palit, J Schofferman, N Goldthwaite, J Reynolds… - Spine, 1999 - journals.lww.com
… All patients in this study had 75% or more neck pain and less than 25% arm pain. Many
patients had interscapular pain, cervicogenic headache, and/or trapezius area pain as well. …

Advances in the diagnosis and management of neck pain

SP Cohen, WM Hooten - Bmj, 2017 - bmj.com
… have neck pain (those with arm pain without neck pain were … -nociceptive pain was attributed
to the fact that radicular pain … radiculopathy, although cervical spine fusion is often used to …

[HTML][HTML] Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion for the management of axial neck pain in the absence of radiculopathy or myelopathy

KD Riew, E Ecker, JR Dettori - Evidence-based spine-care …, 2010 - thieme-connect.com
… The subject of treatment for neck pain with anterior cervical discectomy and fusion and the
methodology and findings of our authors evoked considerable debate among our reviewers. …

Nonoperative management of postoperative neck pain following a fusion

A Bhargava, D Gelb, S Ludwig… - Current Opinion in …, 2005 - journals.lww.com
management of pain after cervical spine fusion surgery. No study having been published on
the management of postoperative pain in cervical spine fusion … articles on cervical fusion to …

Neck pain, preoperative opioids, and functionality after cervical fusion

M Faour, JT Anderson, AR Haas, R Percy… - …, 2017 - journals.healio.com
… The use of opioids for management of diskogenic neck pain, with the possibility of surgical
intervention, is a negative predictor of successful return to work after fusion in a workers' …

Operative treatment of the patient with neck pain

NU Ahn, UM Ahn, GBJ Andersson… - Physical Medicine and …, 2003 - pmr.theclinics.com
… Different surgeons have different opinions as to the advisability of performing an anterior
fusion involving as many as three levels, but studies have demonstrated excellent fusion rates …

No additional value of fusion techniques on anterior discectomy for neck pain: a systematic review

M van Middelkoop, SM Rubinstein, R Ostelo… - PAIN®, 2012 - Elsevier
… of additional fusion on surgical interventions to the cervical spine for patients with neck pain
with or … Only randomised, controlled trials of adults with neck pain that evaluated at least one …

Treatment of neck pain: injections and surgical interventions: results of the bone and joint decade 2000–2010 task force on neck pain and its associated disorders

EJ Carragee, EL Hurwitz, I Cheng, LJ Carroll… - Journal of manipulative …, 2009 - Elsevier
… Radiofrequency neurotomy, cervical facet injections, cervical fusion and cervical arthroplasty
for neck pain without radiculopathy are not supported by current evidence. We found there …

Impact of functional restoration after anterior cervical fusion on chronic disability in work-related neck pain

TG Mayer, C Anagnostis, RJ Gatchel, T Evans - The Spine Journal, 2002 - Elsevier
management techniques. Early program preparation includes drug detoxification, psychotropic
medication management … and pain management skills, and stress management provi ded …

Surgery for neck pain

ES Wieser, JC Wang - Neurosurgery, 2007 - journals.lww.com
… Cervical fusion may demonstrate good results in appropriately chosen patients with cervical
… and management of patients with cervical spondylosis and isolated axial neck pain. …