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National Trends and Risk Factors for Dysphagia After Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion. [PDF]

Laryngoscope
From 2016 to 2023, inpatient anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) volume declined 52.2% while postoperative dysphagia rates increased 11.4% annually. Analysis of 496,425 cases demonstrated that dysphagia risk varied markedly by surgical indication, with cervical diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis, cervical spine fracture, and ...
Ha CJ, Anne SG, Morgan S, Otite FO, Yan K.   +4 more
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Fusion Assessment, Reoperation Rates, and Imaging Modality Agreement after Four-Level Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion: A Retrospective Single-Center Study. [PDF]

Global Spine J
Verna B, Rocha Torres P, Folkerts T, Wimmer J, Mielke AM, Maurer SM, Zhu J, Shue J, Burkhard MD, Sama AA, Cammisa FP, Hughes AP, Girardi FP.   +12 more
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The potential of large language models to address patients' preoperative questions before anterior cervical discectomy and fusion surgery. [PDF]

Ann Transl Med
Yamazawa E, Rifi Z, Houten JK, Lin JD, Margetis K, Steinberger J.   +5 more
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Surgical Management of Cervical Myelopathy Anterior Versus Posterior Approaches [PDF]

Al-Azhar International Medical Journal, 2022
Background: The most prevalent cause of spinal cord impairment is cervical spondylotic myelopathy (CSM). In the older, it is also the primary cause of spinal-cord-related impairment.
Usama El-Shokhaiby, Abdulkafy Sharafuddin, Abou soud Mahmoud   +2 more
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Testosterone Replacement Therapy is Associated With Increased Risk of Pseudarthrosis After Single-Level Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion: A Propensity Matched Analysis. [PDF]

Global Spine J
Han W, Stump K, Gubara K, Gottipati P, Aynaszyan S, Pazionis T.   +5 more
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Cord-lamina angle and foraminal diameter as key predictors of C5 palsy after anterior cervical decompression and fusion surgery

Open Medicine
C5 nerve root palsy (C5P) is a rare but documented complication after cervical decompression surgery. Despite multiple proposed mechanisms, research on risk factors for C5P after anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) remains insufficient.
Zhou Wenchao, Sun Baifeng, Wu Zichuan, Xu Aochen, Song Hanlin, Zhang Xuhong, Liu Junbin, Sheng Junzhe, Liu Yang   +8 more
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Postoperative outcomes of multilevel versus single-level anterior cervical discectomy and fusion in patients with sarcopenia: a matched cohort study. [PDF]

J Spine Surg
Mabanag RF, Maddina N, Rteil A, Amirouche F.   +3 more
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Comparison study of clinical outcomes and sagittal alignment improvement between anterior and posterior fusion techniques for multilevel cervical spondylotic myelopathy

Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery, 2021
Purpose: To compare the sagittal alignment of different surgical approaches in patients with multiple levels cervical spondylotic myelopathy and explore the relationship between the cervical sagittal alignment and patient’s health relative quality of ...
Hui Liu, Xiang Li, Jianru Wang, Zemin Li, Zihao Li, Siwen Chen, Hua Wang, Zhaomin Zheng   +7 more
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Clinical and imaging outcomes of self-locking stand-alone cages and anterior cage-with-plate in three-level anterior cervical discectomy and fusion: a retrospective comparative study

Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research, 2023
Background Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion has been considered standard management for cervical myelopathy and radiculopathy. However, the option of using self-locking stand-alone cages or cage-with-plate in three-level anterior cervical ...
Liang Tang, Xiaoming Liu, Yanghu Lu, Yanbin Liu, Jiangming Yu, Jian Zhao   +5 more
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Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy with Ossification of Posterior Longitudinal Ligament: Which Is the Most Suitable Surgical Procedure? A Technical Note

Spine Surgery and Related Research, 2021
Introduction: Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) and anterior cervical corpectomy and fusion (ACCF) are widely performed to resolve anterior cervical spine compression.
Edvin Zekaj, Christian Saleh, Andrea Franzini, Andrea Ciuffi, Domenico Servello   +4 more
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