Anterior cervical discectomy without fusion for a symptomatic cervical disk herniation

Surgery in cervical disc herniation: anterior cervical discectomy without fusion or with fusion

The study included a group of anterior cervical microdiscectomy without fusion performed at one level (either C5-C6 level or at the C6-C7 level) and a second group of patients with same single-level of anterior cervical discectomy with fusion. The kinematic analysis included the range of motion, anteroposterior translation and disc height assessed for the cervical functional spinal units at the...

Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion

Study Design: Retrospective case cohort study done between 2002 and 2012. Purpose: To assess the mid-term clinical and radiological outcomes of 1-level and 2-level anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) with stand-alone trabecular metal cages. Overview of Literature: ACDF is the gold standard surgical treatment for cervical degenerative disease. The usual surgical practice is to use an ...

Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion.

A retrospective review of 94 patients who had undergone anterior cervical discectomy and fusion was performed to analyze the result in patients who had a diagnosis of posterolateral spondylosis, disc herniation, or both. Although in 23 of 94 patients additional adjacent asymptomatic levels of spondylosis were noted, only the symptomatic levels were addressed in the 94 cases. Postoperatively two...

A Study of Anterior Cervical Discectomy With or Without Fusion

Objectives : To retrospectively study and compare the clinical outcome of the patients undergoing anterior cervical discectomy (ACD), anterior cervical discectomy with fusion (ACDF), or anterior cervical discectomy with fusion and instrumentation (ACDFI) for cervical spondylosis. Methods : A retrospective analysis of 80 patients with cervical spondylosis who had undergone anterior cervical disc...

A comparison of anterior cervical discectomy fusion