Dialysis-related spondyloarthropathy is a rare cause of spinal deformity and cervical myelopathy. Optimal management of cervical spine spondyloarthropathy often requires circumferential reconstructive surgery, because affected patients typically have both the anterior column and the facet joints compromised. The occasional presence of noncontiguous or "skip lesions" adds an additional level of ...

Movement studies of the neck have shown that certain patients with cervical spondylotic myelopathy (CSM) demonstrate instability in the vertebral joint immediately above the posterior osteophytic bar. While Cloward's anterior cervical decompression with fusion eliminates the cord or root compressive element, it adds to the hypermobility of the adjoining vertebral segment. In an attempt to reduc...

Cervical radiculopathy is typically caused by posterolateral disc herniation or spondylotic foraminal stenosis. Standard surgical treatment for cervical degenerative disc disease has been either direct anterior excision necessitating fusion or indirect posterior decompression. Anterior decompression has now become more widely used. It can be achieved using different techniques. Anterior fusion ...

abstract background : the purpose of this study is to evaluate anterior cervical discectomy. materials and methods : this retrospective study was conducted on 43 patients underwent surgery through standard smith-robison technique with fusion. postoperative follow-up period was 24 months. clinical assessment was done through odom criteria, neck disability index and vas for neck pain. results : a...

OBJECTIVE To explore and describe women's experiences of daily life after anterior cervical decompression and fusion surgery. DESIGN Qualitative explorative design. SUBJECTS Fourteen women aged 39-62 years (median 52 years) were included 1.5-3 years after anterior cervical decompression and fusion for cervical disc disease. METHODS Individual semi-structured interviews were analysed by qu...

PURPOSE The cervical dynamic rotational plating system may induce bone graft subsidence, so it may cause loss of cervical lordosis. However there were few studies for alignments of cervical spines influencing the clinical results after using dynamic rotational plates. The purpose is to evaluate the effect of graft subsidence on cervical alignments due to the dynamic rotational cervical plates a...

Anterior iliac crest is the most common donor site for anterior cervical spine surgeries. We searched the literature to summarize the reported fractures of the anterior iliac crest following bone graft harvesting for anterior cervical fusion and documented our experience with such complication. In this account, we report 3 new patients with this rare complication of fracture of the anterior ili...

Anterior cervical plating is commonly performed to stabilize anterior cervical fusions. Modern plating options include dynamic plates, with screws that can either toggle within fixed holes or translate within slotted holes. Regardless of the plating system used, paramount to success and avoidance of complications with plated anterior cervical fusions are meticulous plating techniques, exacting ...