International Journal of Medical Research & Health Sciences (IJMRHS)
ISSN: 2319-5886 Indexed in: ESCI (Thomson Reuters)
Sarah Nasser AlJasser
Orthopedic Surgery Department, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi ArabiaPublications
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Research
Single and Two-Level Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion (ACDF) with Stand-Alone Cage-Plate: Single Centre Experience
Author(s): Waleed Mohammad Awwad, Rohail Mumtaz*, Sarah Nasser AlJasser, Mana Adel AlMuhaideb, Waleed Albishi, Abdulaziz Almaawi and Khalid AM Alsaleh
Introduction: After almost a decade of employing the concept of intervertebral disc removal complemented by vertebral fusion as a therapeutic technique for herniated cervical discs, Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion (ACDF) became the standard gold treatment of a spectrum of cervical diseases such as compressive myelopathy/ radiculopathy, disc herniation, and trauma. There is no discrepancy regarding the technique of ACDF in terms of using a standalone cage with an integrated spacer system or plating. This study reports 20 cases that underwent ACDF with standalone cage-plate and their radiological outcomes. Methods: A total of 20 patients who underwent single or twolevel ACDF with standalone cage-plate for radiculopathy or myelopathy between May 2017 and February 2019 at a tertiary University Hospital have retrospectively reported in this study. The patient’s demographics a.. Read More»
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