STUDY DESIGN Cost-effectiveness analysis with retrospective cost analysis and literature review. OBJECTIVE To determine the relative cost-effectiveness of anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) with autograft, allograft, and allograft with plating for single-level anterior cervical spondylosis. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA There are several accepted methods of surgically treating sing...

OBJECT The objective of this systematic review was to use evidence-based medicine to examine the efficacy of posterior laminoforaminotomy in the treatment of cervical radiculopathy. METHODS The National Library of Medicine and Cochrane Database were queried using MeSH headings and key words relevant to posterior laminoforaminotomy and cervical radiculopathy. Abstracts were reviewed, and studi...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the accuracy of the Depression Subscale of Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS-D) in spine surgery, comparing it to Beck Depression Inventory (BDI). METHODS In a cross-sectional study, the HADS-D and the BDI were applied to patients undergoing spine surgery for lumbar (n=139) or cervical spondylosis (n=17). Spearman correlation tests for HADS-D and BDI were appli...

High-quality modern life results in many unique diseases of modern people, cervical spondylosis, sleep disorders. Adolescents lack of sleep have a negative impac on the students themselvest. Not only it will reduce the body resistance, prone to a variety of diseases, but also it make learning when the spirit is not concentrated, attention is decreased, thus affecting the learning state. Long-te...

STUDY DESIGN Retrospective case series. PURPOSE The purpose of the study was to evaluate the efficiency and complication rate of a percutaneous anterior approach to herniated cervical disks with or without concomitant foraminal stenosis and/or spondylosis. OVERVIEW OF LITERATURE Recent publications reflect that minimally invasive procedures gain in importance in patients and spine surgeons ...

STUDY DESIGN Retrospective study. OBJECTIVE The aim of the study was to evaluate clinical outcomes and to clarify the potential risks of cervical laminoplasty by a long-term follow-up of more than 20 years. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA There is no follow-up report exceeding 20 years after cervical laminoplasty. METHODS Two hundred sixteen patients underwent en bloc cervical laminoplasty for...

Objective: The authors present one-year clinical and radiographic outcomes of 10 patients with single level cervical radiculopathy due to spondylosis and stenosis treated with a minimally disruptive instrumented fusion procedure employing bilateral posterior cervical cages. Methods: A retrospective study of 10 patients with one-year follow-up who underwent cervical fusion using bilateral poster...