Anterior cervical discectomy: is fusion necessary?

GC Dowd, FP Wirth - Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine, 1999 - thejns.org
Object. A prospective, randomized trial was performed to compare the efficacy of anterior
cervical discectomy (ACD) with ACD and fusion (ACDF) for the treatment of cervical …

Anterior cervical discectomy (ACD) versus anterior cervical fusion (ACF), clinical and radiological outcome study

N Abd-Alrahman, AS Dokmak, A Abou-Madawi - Acta neurochirurgica, 1999 - Springer
This study was conducted on 90 patients with symptomatic cervical disc disease with one or
two-level disc pathology. Clinical and radiological outcome was compared to determine …

Anterior cervical discectomy without interbody fusion

JW Donaldson, PB Nelson - Surgical neurology, 2002 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND The use of an interbody bone graft during anterior cervical discectomy
remains a controversial topic. This study presents the outcome of 64 consecutive patients …

Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion outcomes over 10 years: a prospective study

GR Buttermann - Spine, 2018 - journals.lww.com
Study Design. Prospective cohort study with> 10-year follow-up. Objective. To assess the
long-term,> 10-year clinical outcomes of anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) and …

Long-term outcome after anterior cervical discectomy without fusion

RDS Nandoe Tewarie, RHMA Bartels, WC Peul - European Spine Journal, 2007 - Springer
To retrospectively study the long-term outcome of patients after anterior cervical discectomy
without fusion (ACD) compared to results published on the long-term outcome after ACD …

▪ Anterior Cervical Discectomy With and Without Fusion: Results, Complications, and Long-term Follow-up

WC Watters III, R Levinthal - Spine, 1994 - journals.lww.com
Study Design. This study retrospectively reviewed the outcomes of 126 patients treated for
cervical radiculopathy with either simple anterior cervical discectomy (ACD) or anterior …

Anterior cervical discectomy with and without fusion: A prospective study

J Rosenørn, EB Hansen, MA Rosenørn - Journal of neurosurgery, 1983 - thejns.org
✓ A prospective randomized study to compare discectomy without (DE) and with fusion
(DEF) included 63 patients operated on for cervical herniated disc. The clinical outcome 3 …

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

JF Fraser, R Härtl - Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine, 2007 - thejns.org
Object Anterior cervical discectomy (ACD), ACD with interbody fusion (ACDF), ACDF with
placement of an anterior plate system (ACDFP), corpectomy, and corpectomy with plate …

In Fusion Necessary After Anterior Cervical Discectomy?

P Klara - Spine, 1996 - journals.lww.com
Anterior cervical discectomy is an effective and reliable treatment for nerve root or cord
compression caused by disc herniation or spondylosis. Although physicians have …

[HTML][HTML] Current concepts of anterior cervical discectomy and fusion: a review of literature

KJ Song, BY Choi - Asian spine journal, 2014 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) is a safe and effective procedure for
degenerative cervical spinal disease unresponsive to conservative management and its …