Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) is currently the standard treatment for cervical disc disease. Some patients wish to be treated with a less invasive method, because of their social/physical situations. Here we present one method of treatments for socially/physically active patients. Three patients had triceps weakness and mild posterior neck pain. The offending lesions were at th...

STUDY DESIGN Randomized controlled study. OBJECTIVE To compare the rates of adverse events associated with disc arthroplasty versus those of anterior cervical discectomy and arthrodesis with allograft and plate. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA Cervical disc arthroplasty as a substitute for fusion has been developed to maintain motion and, theoretically, prevent adjacent segment degeneration. Cur...

We evaluated the results of the Robinson method of anterior cervical discectomy and arthrodesis with use of autogenous iliac-crest bone graft, at one to four levels, in 122 patients who had cervical radiculopathy. A one-level procedure was done in sixty-two of the 122 patients; a two-level procedure, in forty-eight; a three-level procedure, in eleven; and a four-level procedure, in one. The ave...

STUDY DESIGN/SETTING Prospective, randomized, 3-center, clinical trial. OBJECTIVE To prospectively compare the outcomes of cervical arthroplasty with the BRYAN Cervical Disc Prosthesis (Medtronic Sofamor Danek, Inc, Memphis, TN) to anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF). SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA Surgical treatment of cervical disc pathology commonly involves techniques that employ...

STUDY DESIGN An in vivo biomechanical anterior cervical discectomy and instrumented fusion (ACDFI) model employing a calibrated distractor and a subminiature load cell used to intraoperatively measure distractive force across the discectomy site and subsequent compressive force across the interbody load cell following distractor removal. OBJECTIVE To determine the relationship between the dis...

The report describes the herniation of a huge migrated cervical disc, which was treated by a combined anterior approach. A 50-year-old man presented with radiculopathy and myelopathy. Radiological images revealed the herniation of a huge disc which had migrated superiorly from the C6-7 disc to the C5-6 disc. We tried to combine an anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) and transcorporea...

PURPOSE The aim of this study was to investigate the biomechanical stability provided by a novel, polylactic acid/nano-sized, β-tricalcium phosphate, bioabsorbable, self-retaining cervical fusion cage (BCFC). METHODS Quasistatic nonconstraining torques (maximum 1.5 NM) induced flexion, extension, lateral bending (±1.5 NM), and axial rotation (±1.5 NM) on 32 sheep cervical spines (C2-C5). The ...