Study Design. Retrospective administrative database analysis. Objective. To investigate the
effect of osteoporosis (OS) on complications and outcomes in patients undergoing cervical …

Study Design. Retrospective cross-sectional study. Objective. To determine the role of race,
insurance status, and geographic location on US anterior cervical spine surgery rates and in …

BACKGROUND CONTEXT: Cervical spine fusion is performed for various indications in
patient populations ranging from young and healthy to aged and frail. The choice of surgical …

Background The rate of cervical spinal fusion has been increasing significantly. However,
there is a paucity of literature describing trends based on surgical approach using complete …

Study Design. A national hospitalization database was used to determine rates and trends in
the treatment of cervical disc disease. Objective. To examine the temporal and geographic …

Purpose The aim of this study was to analyze rates of perioperative complications and
subsequent cervical surgeries in patients treated for cervical degenerative disc disease with …

Study Design. Survey-based descriptive study. Objective. To study relationships between
surgeon-specific factors and surgical approach to degenerative diseases of the cervical …

Abstract Background Context The typically accepted surgical procedure for cervical disc
pathology has been the anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF), although recent …

Study Design. Retrospective cohort analysis of anterior cervical discectomy and fusion
(ACDF) surgical procedures using a prospectively collected database. Objective. To …

Purpose There are few epidemiological studies of spinal surgery in Asia and none in Japan.
The goal of this study was to review spine surgeries performed in our group between 2004 …