Results of discectomy compared with discectomy and fusion

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...

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 ...

the outcomes of surgical treatment of recurrent lumbar disk herniation with discectomy alone and discectomy with posterolateral interbody fusion

background: recurrent lumbar disk herniation (rldh) is one of the major causes of failure of standard discectomy. the optimal treatment method for rldh is controversial. in the current study, we aimed to compare the clinical and functional outcomes of treating rldh with discectomy alone and discectomy associated with posterolateral interbody fusion (plif). material and methods: there were 41 pa...

Results of cervical arthroplasty compared with anterior discectomy and fusion: four-year clinical outcomes in a prospective, randomized controlled trial.

BACKGROUND The published two-year results of the pivotal U.S. Food and Drug Administration investigational device exemption trial with the use of the Bryan cervical disc arthroplasty compared with anterior cervical discectomy with fusion for treating single-level degenerative cervical disc disease revealed a significantly superior overall success rate in the arthroplasty group. The purpose of t...

A comparison of anterior cervical discectomy fusion