Eleven-year follow-up of two cohorts of patients comparing stand-alone porous tantalum cage versus autologous bone graft and plating in anterior cervical fusions

M Fernández-Fairen, E Alvarado, A Torres - World Neurosurgery, 2019 - Elsevier
Background Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion with a porous tantalum cage is an
accepted method to treat degenerated cervical discs, with good results, similar to those with …

Anterior cervical discectomy and interbody fusion with porous tantalum implant. Results in a series with long-term follow-up

F Papacci, L Rigante, E Fernandez, M Meglio… - Journal of clinical …, 2016 - Elsevier
Few papers have been published about the anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF)
with implant of porous tantalum cages. These studies included patients submitted to …

Comparison between porous tantalum metal implants and autograft in anterior cervical discectomy and fusion: a meta-analysis

N Li, W Hu, W Xin, Q Li, P Tian - Journal of Comparative …, 2019 - becarispublishing.com
Aim: The objective of this study was to systematically compare the safety and efficacy of
porous tantalum metal (TM) implants and autograft in single-level anterior cervical …

Three-level and four-level anterior cervical discectomies and titanium cage—augmented fusion with and without plate fixation

SL Hwang, CL Lin, AS Lieu, KS Lee, TH Kuo… - … of Neurosurgery: Spine, 2004 - thejns.org
Object. Cage-assisted anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) has proven to be a
safe and effective procedure for the treatment of one-and two-level degenerative disc …

Long term outcome and adjacent disc degeneration after anterior cervical discectomy and fusion with titanium cylindrical cages

T Sugawara, Y Itoh, Y Hirano, N Higashiyama… - Acta …, 2009 - Springer
Background Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) is widely performed for the
treatment of cervical spinal degenerative disease. Autogenic or allogenic bone grafts are …

Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion with implantable titanium cage: initial impressions, patient outcomes and comparison to fusion with allograft

DB Moreland, HL Asch, DE Clabeaux, GJ Castiglia… - The Spine Journal, 2004 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND CONTEXT: The use of metal cage prosthetic devices in anterior cervical
discectomy with fusion (ACDF) has increased rapidly. One of these devices is the titanium …

Single-level anterior cervical discectomy and interbody fusion: a comparison between porous tantalum and polyetheretherketone cages

E Mazzucchi, G La Rocca, A Perna, F Pignotti… - Journal of Personalized …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Background: Anterior cervical discectomy and interbody fusion (ACDF) may be performed
with different kinds of stand-alone cages. Tantalum and polyetheretherketone (PEEK) are …

Anterior cervical discectomy and titanium cage fusion–7-year follow-up

SM Rohe, M Engelhardt, A Harders… - Central European …, 2009 - thieme-connect.com
Background and study aims: The purpose of this study was to prospectively evaluate long-
term results after anterior cervical discectomy and titanium cage fusion (ACDF) and titanium …

Long-term outcome after adjacent two-level anterior cervical discectomy and fusion using stand-alone plasmaphore-covered titanium cages

S Marbacher, T Hidalgo-Staub… - … Surgery Part A …, 2015 - thieme-connect.com
Background Reports on long-term outcome of stand-alone contiguous two-level anterior
cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) using stand-alone Plasmaphore-coated titanium …

Anterior cervical fusion with tantalum implant: a prospective randomized controlled study

M Fernández-Fairen, P Sala, M Dufoo Jr, J Ballester… - 2008 - journals.lww.com
Study Design. A prospective randomized controlled study was carried out. Objective. To
determine the effectiveness and safety of a tantalum implant in achieving anterior cervical …