Abstract:Background: Cervical spinal fusion is a surgical procedure that joins selected bones in the cervical spine.The anterior approach to the cervical spine was developed for treatment of cervical disc, it involves removing the symptomatic disc from an anterior approach without placement of a bone graft. Early studies demonstrated fusion rates with Anterior Cervical Discectomy (ACD) were similar to those of procedures of anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) using bone graft.The anterior cervical discectomy… Show more
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