Surgical Results of Cervical Radiculopathy: Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion versus Posterior Microendoscopic Foraminotomy

Posterior Cervical Foraminotomy: An Alternative to Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion

Objective: Is to perform a detailed retrospective assessment of the Safety, efficacy and complications of posterior microscopic cervical foraminotomy for treatment of cervical degenerative radiculopathy compared to published results of ACDF approach. Methods: A retrospective analysis was conducted on 31 patients with unilateral cervical radiculopathy. Only patients with radiculopathy caused by ...

Posterior Cervical Microendoscopic Discectomy and Laminoforaminotomy

Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion versus anterior cervical corpectomy and fusion in multilevel cervical spondylotic myelopathy

BACKGROUND Both anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) and anterior cervical corpectomy and fusion (ACCF) are used to treat multilevel cervical spondylotic myelopathy (mCSM); however, which one is better treatment for mCSM remains considerable controversy. A meta-analysis was performed to compare clinical outcomes, radiographic outcomes, and surgical outcomes between ACDF and ACCF in tr...

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...