Study Design: Forty-two consecutive patients undergoing dynamic ABC plated one-level ACF utilizing iliac crest autograft (38 patients) and fibula allografts (four patients) were evaluated. The unique ...

CHICAGO – The optimal choice for anterior cervical grafts in anterior discectomy and fusion is an ongoing debate among spine surgeons. Autograft, allograft and bone graft substitutes with rhBMP, each ...

The first anterior cervical interbody techniques were introduced by Cloward, and Robinson and Smith in the 1950s. Cloward's procedure involved insertion of a dowel graft following decompression.

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Cervical degenerative disc disease occurs when the functional spinal unit breaks down. It can lead to disabling ...

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 ...

Injury to the lateral femoral cutaneous nerve (Bernhardt's syndrome) or meralgia paresthetica occurs after harvest of the bone from the anterior iliac crest. The lateral femoral cutaneous nerve is a ...

In the past couple of years there have been numerous changes made to the code sets for reporting arthrodesis techniques, instrumentation and bone grafts versus biomechanical devices so let’s review ...

(HealthDay News) – Surgery with physical therapy results in a more rapid improvement during the first postoperative year for patients with cervical radiculopathy, compared to physical therapy alone, ...

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