Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion is a surgery to reduce or eliminate chronic pain in the neck and back due to a problem with the discs. Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) is an ...

Early surgical intervention for asymptomatic cervical spinal cord compression only has modest quality of life improvements while having variable cost-effectiveness, according to a study in the June ...

Superior Fusion Success at 12 Months: CCF achieved a 61.0% composite fusion success rate compared to just 17% in the ACDF group—a nearly fourfold improvement (p<0.001). Fusion was strictly defined by ...

Your surgeon and anesthesiologist will use general anesthesia to help you remain unconscious throughout the entire surgery. Talk to your doctor about the possible complications of surgery before you ...

In spine surgery, "arthrodesis" is the term used to describe fusion of adjacent vertebrae following removal of an intervertebral disc. Arthrodesis is achieved by placing a bone graft or bone graft ...