INTRODUCTION Cervical disc herniation often results in neck and arm pain in patients as a result of direct impingement of nerve roots and associated inflammatory processes. The clinical presentation usually corresponds with the side of herniation and ipsilateral symptoms predominate the clinical picture. CASE PRESENTATION A 35-year-old Caucasian man presented to our facility with neck pain an...

BACKGROUND Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion, total disk replacement and open door laminoplasty have been widely used to treat patients with cervical spondylotic myelopathy and/or radiculopathy. In our clinical practice, many patients with cervical spondylosis also complain of headache, and wish to know if the surgical treatment for cervical spondylosis can also alleviate this symptom. Co...

This was a prospective comparative study.The aim of this study was to compare the clinical and radiologic outcomes of patients treated with cortico/cancellous composite allograft or autoiliac bone graft in anterior cervical discectomy and fusion.Several methods have been developed to fuse the cervical spine for treatment of cervical spondylosis. Cortico/cancellous composite allograft might be a...

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...

STUDY DESIGN This is an experimental animal study. OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to compare an anterior cervical discectomy and interbody fusion of a novel polylactide/nano-sized β-tricalcium phosphate (PLA/nβ-TCP) bioabsorbable self-retaining cervical fusion cage (BCFC) with an autologous bone graft and polyetheretherketone (PEEK) cages. BACKGROUND Although PLA cervical cages h...

Anterior cervical spine operations involve decompression of the spinal canal and cervical nerve roots by discectomy or corpectomy in combination with fusion via cage or replacement of a vertebral body. Bailey and Badgley,1 Smith and Robinson,2 and Cloward3 introduced the technique first in the 1950s and the early 1960s. The reported rates of clinical success in the literature are high4 and low-...

BACKGROUND Cervical radiculopathy is the common clinical entity, often caused by "wear and tear" changes that occur in the spine. In the younger population, cervical radiculopathy is a result of a disc herniation or an acute injury causing foraminal impingement of an exiting nerve, whereas in the older individuals, it is due to foraminal narrowing from osteophyte formation, decreased disc heigh...