Clinical adjacent-segment pathology after anterior cervical discectomy and fusion: results after a minimum of 10-year follow-up

• Published in: The spine journal Vol. 14; no. 10; pp. 2290 - 2298
• Main Authors: Chung, Jae-Yoon, Kim, Sung-Kyu, Jung, Sung-Taek, Lee, Keun-Bae
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.10.2014
• Subjects: Adjacent-segment pathology; Adult; Aged; Bone Plates; Cervical vertebrae; Cervical Vertebrae - diagnostic imaging; Cervical Vertebrae - surgery; Clinical; Diskectomy - methods; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Follow-up surgery; Humans; Incidence; Intervertebral Disc Displacement - diagnostic imaging; Intervertebral Disc Displacement - surgery; Long-term follow-up; Male; Middle Aged; Orthopedics; Plate; Radiculopathy - diagnostic imaging; Radiculopathy - surgery; Radiography; Retrospective Studies; Risk Factors; Spinal fusion; Spinal Fusion - methods; Treatment Outcome; Radiography; Follow-up surgery; Long-term follow-up; Adjacent-segment pathology; Clinical; Cervical vertebrae; Spinal fusion; Plate

Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion using cervical plates has been seen as effective at relieving cervical radiculopathy and myelopathy symptoms. Although it is commonly used, subsequent disc degeneration at levels adjacent to the fusion remains an important problem. However, data on the frequen...