Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) with cage alone (ACDF-C) is associated
with a significant incidence of subsidence, local kyphosis, and migration. The use of …

Objective Subsidence is a frequent complication of anterior cervical discectomy and fusion.
Postoperative segmental micro-motion, thought to be a causative factor of subsidence, has …

Background Some recent studies indicate correlations between cervical alignment and
clinical outcome after anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) surgery. However …

Aim: Cervical discectomy followed by cage placement for fusion is nowadays a commonly
used method for the treatment of degenerative cervical spine diseases. One of the …

Objective To compare the predictive performance between CT-based Hounsfield units (HU)
and MRI-based vertebral bone quality (VBQ) for cage subsidence (CS) following oblique …

ABSTRACT BACKGROUND CONTEXT Cage subsidence following transforaminal lumbar
interbody fusion (TLIF) has closely correlated with poor vertebral bone quality. Studies have …

Objective The purpose of this study was to identify risk factors for pseudarthrosis in patients
undergoing anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) with a focus on the role of bone …

Background The prevalence of cervical block vertebrae is unknown. Furthermore, there is no
consensus on the cause of adjacent segment degeneration (ASD) after cervical fusion …

The objective of this study is to determine the bone mineral density (BMD) changes in
adjacent vertebra following anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF). Consecutive …

OBJECTIVE There is currently no consensus on whether adjacent-segment degeneration
(ASD), loss of disc height (DH), and loss of sagittal segmental angle (SSA) are due to …