A combined anterior cervical discectomy fusion (ACDF) kit combining instrumentation Sterigenics Acquires Toxikon Europe This is relevant per the reported experience, since 5% of cases were diagnosed as root syndrome and other cases not included in this series had ACDF surgery with no clinical improvemen...
Study design: Systematic literature review Objective: To analyze the literature and describe the evidence supporting osteobiologic use in revision anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) surgery. Methods: A systematic search of PubMed/MEDLINE, EMBASE, Cochrane library, and...
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Safety and Efficacy Study Comparing ProDisc-C to ACDF Surgery to Treat SCDD An Assessment of P-15 Bone Putty in Anterior Cervical Fusion With Instrumentation LDR Spine USA Mobi-C(R) Cervical Disc Prosthesis IDEMore from FindATopDoc on Degenerative Disc Disease What to Expect If You Need a Rep...
BACKGROUND: Existing studies suggest a relatively high incidence of dysphagia after anterior cervical decompression and fusion (ACDF). The majority of these studies, however, are retrospective in nature and lack a control group. QUESTIONS/PURPOSES: We therefore (1) prospectively determined the ...
reimbursementretrospective reviewSpinal stenosis of the cervical spine, or cervical spondylotic myelopathy, is a debilitating, typically progressive condition, and surgery has been shown to produce better outcomes than conservative measures do. Surgical options include single-level or multilevel anterio...
Materials and methods This is a retrospective cross-sectional study of cervical disc herniation. Patients of cervical disc herniation with only radiculopathy were treated with either arthroplasty (22 patients) or ACDF with cage alone (21 patients). These patients were required to undergo MRI, CT ...
Patients were included if they had primary ACDF and excluded if they were treated for a traumatic cervical spine fracture, infection, failed primary procedure, front/back procedure or total disc replacement procedure. Clinical factors analyzed included number of levels fused, surgical time, length of...
92. Opioid use after anterior cervical spine surgery: what is the appropriate prescription quantity?BACKGROUND CONTEXT There is a lack of data informing opioid prescription quantities after ACDF or CDA. PURPOSE To record daily opioid use and pain levels after one- or two-level ACDF or CDA using...