An evidence-based clinical guideline for the diagnosis and treatment of cervical radiculopathy from degenerative disorders

CM Bono, G Ghiselli, TJ Gilbert, DS Kreiner… - The Spine Journal, 2011 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND CONTEXT: The North American Spine Society (NASS) Evidence-Based
Clinical Guideline on the Diagnosis and Treatment of Cervical Radiculopathy from …

Single or double‐level anterior interbody fusion techniques for cervical degenerative disc disease

W Jacobs, PC Willems, J van Limbeek… - Cochrane Database …, 2011 - cochranelibrary.com
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 …

Trends and variations in cervical spine surgery in the United States: Medicare beneficiaries, 1992 to 2005

MC Wang, W Kreuter, CE Wolfla, DJ Maiman, RA Deyo - Spine, 2009 - journals.lww.com
Study Design. Retrospective cohort. Objective. To describe population-based trends and
variations in surgery for degenerative changes of the cervical spine among Medicare …

Full-endoscopic anterior decompression versus conventional anterior decompression and fusion in cervical disc herniations

S Ruetten, M Komp, H Merk, G Godolias - International orthopaedics, 2009 - Springer
Anterior cervical decompression and fusion (ACDF) is the standard for cervical
discectomies. With the full-endoscopic anterior cervical discectomy (FACD) a minimally …

Systematic review of anterior interbody fusion techniques for single-and double-level cervical degenerative disc disease

W Jacobs, PC Willems, M Kruyt, J Van Limbeek… - Spine, 2011 - journals.lww.com
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 …

Treatment of cervical degenerative disc disease–current status and trends

MC Korinth - Central European Neurosurgery, 2008 - thieme-connect.com
Although less frequent than lumbar degenerative disc disease, cervical disc disease may be
much more neurologically compromising due to anatomical particularities. Since its first …

Techniques for anterior cervical decompression for radiculopathy

PG Matz, TC Ryken, MW Groff, EJ Vresilovic… - … of Neurosurgery: Spine, 2009 - thejns.org
Object The objective of this systematic review was to use evidence-based medicine to
identify the best techniques for anterior cervical nerve root decompression. Methods The …

Percutaneous full-endoscopic anterior transcorporeal procedure for cervical disc herniation: a novel procedure and early follow-up study

Q Du, X Wang, JP Qin, T Friis, WJ Kong, YQ Cai, J Ao… - World neurosurgery, 2018 - Elsevier
Objective To describe the surgical technique of percutaneous full-endoscopic anterior
transcorporeal cervical discectomy (PEATCD) in detail and report the clinical outcomes and …

Surgical interventions for cervical radiculopathy without myelopathy: a systematic review and meta-analysis

AEH Broekema, RJM Groen, NFS de Souza, N Smidt… - JBJS, 2020 - journals.lww.com
Background: The effectiveness of surgical interventions for cervical degenerative disorders
has been investigated in multiple systematic reviews. Differences in study population (eg …

[HTML][HTML] Clinical efficacy and safety of surgical treatments in patients with pure cervical radiculopathy

QY Gao, FL Wei, KL Zhu, CP Zhou, H Zhang… - Frontiers in Public …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Background Traditionally paired meta-analysis revealed inconsistencies in the safety and
effectiveness of surgical interventions. We conducted a network meta-analysis to assess …