BACKGROUND CONTEXT: The North American Spine Society (NASS) Evidence-Based
Clinical Guideline on the Diagnosis and Treatment of Cervical Radiculopathy from …

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 …

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 …

Study Design. A prospective, concurrently controlled, randomized, multicenter trial of an
anterior Bagby and Kuslich cervical fusion cage (BAK/C; Sulzer Spine-Tech, Minneapolis …

OBJECTIVE: We investigated the effectiveness of a new material, polyetheretherketone
(PEEK), in a spinal cage used in performing cervical spinal fusion for the correction of …

Anterior cervical decompression and fusion (ACDF) is the standard for cervical
discectomies. With the full-endoscopic anterior cervical discectomy (FACD) a minimally …

Study Design. A prospective randomized study was conducted. Objective. To determine
whether the use of a cervical carbon fiber intervertebral fusion cage improves the outcome of …

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

Object. Despite variations in technique, inherent problems persist with current approaches to
anterior cervical fusion. This study was performed to determine whether anterior cervical …