in which the intervertebral disc is removed and the remaining vertebral bones are fused to create more space in the spinal canal. This procedure is known as an anterior cervical discectomy and fusion ...

Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) is the most commonly used decompressive procedure in the cervical spine and is used for the treatment of single or multiple level disc disease.

[12,13,14,15,16] Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion with plating (ACDF+P) is one of the most common spinal and neurosurgical procedures performed. [17,18,19] Traditionally, ACDF+P has been ...

Anterior. Cervical means in the neck. Discectomy means are actually removing all the disc away from the nerve. And the fusion means they’re actually fusing the bone above and below the disc ...

Surgical approaches to the cervical spine are usually anterior or posterior. Currently, anterior cervical discectomy is the most common procedure used. This may be performed alone or with the addition ...

I'm an orthopedic spine surgeon here in San Antonio, Texas. Today, we are doing a cervical artificial disc ... This is what it looks like from the A to P [anterior to posterior], the disc ...

Obesity was found to be an independent risk factor for postoperative pulmonary embolism in anterior cervical discectomy and fusion patients, according to a stud ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted two 510 (k) clearances for implants which restore the integrity of ...

Other causes include spine trauma, rheumatoid arthritis and bone diseases ... Common procedures are posterior cervical laminectomy, discectomy and fusion, or corpectomy.

The cervical spine has seven stacked bones (C1 ... One of the standard surgical procedures for CDH is anterior cervical corpectomy and fusion (ACCF), in which surgeons remove part of the affected ...

Anterior cervical dynamic implants led to long-term decreases in motion preservation, according to a study in the February 2025 issue of The Spine Journal.

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