Methods: All patients undergoing single-level anterior cervical discectomy and fusion with plating between ... older age (1), and patient preference (2). At a mean follow-up of 62.4 days, 90 ...

This procedure is known as an anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF). Your surgeon can recommend a specific surgery based on your situation and symptoms.

Currently, anterior cervical discectomy is the most common procedure used. This may be performed alone or with the addition of fusion (insertion of a bone graft) and with or without instrumentation ...

Surgical options aim to relieve pressure on the spinal cord and provide stability to the neck. Common procedures are posterior cervical laminectomy, discectomy and fusion, or corpectomy.

[12,13,14,15,16] Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion with plating (ACDF+P ... the reported risk of hematoma after ACDF ranges from 0.2% to 7.9%. [17,25,26,27] In our series, one patient ...