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Cervical anterior foraminotomy (AF) is an anterior surgical technique for the cervical spine aimed to decompress intervertebral foramen and lateral side of the spinal canal. This technique aims to remove the offending lesion, either a disc fragment or osteophyte compressing the neural structures, via a bony window at the uncovertebral area; while preserving the structure and functions of the intervertebral disc. For this technique, different terms such as cervical anterior foraminotomy, anterior microforaminotomy, uncinectomy, and uncoforaminotomy were used, and all of them refer the same surgical technique.
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تاریخ انتشار 2013