Background The number of surgical techniques for decompression and solid interbody
fusion as treatment for cervical spondylosis has increased rapidly, but the rationale for the …

Study Design. A systematic review of randomized controlled trials. Objective. To determine
which technique of anterior cervical interbody fusion (ACIF) gives the best outcome in …

The use of spinal-fusion surgery in the United States is rapidly increasing. National survey
data indicate that the annual number of spinal-fusion operations rose by 77 percent between …

Object Anterior cervical discectomy (ACD), ACD with interbody fusion (ACDF), ACDF with
placement of an anterior plate system (ACDFP), corpectomy, and corpectomy with plate …

Anterior cervical decompression and fusion (ACDF) is the standard procedure for operation
of cervical disc herniations with radicular arm pain. Mobility-preserving posterior …

Study Design. This is a retrospective comparative cohort study. Objective. To compare the
outcomes of patients with symptomatic cervical intervertebral disc herniation (CIVDH) …

Object. Cervical myelopathy may develop as a result of spinal cord compression with or
without deformity. The effect of persistent kyphotic deformity on the ability of the cervical cord …

BACKGROUND Cervical disc herniation causing neurological compromise is a common
affliction. Sophisticated surgical treatments have been developed throughout the twentieth …

Object Although the clinical outcomes following anterior cervical discectomy and fusion
(ACDF) surgery are generally good, 2 major complications are graft migration and nonunion …

Object The need for interbody fusion or stabilization after anterior cervical microdiscectomy
is still debated. The objectives of this prospective randomized study were 1) to examine …