Patients having two-level cervical disc replacement tended to have fewer postoperative complications compared to those having ...

As spine surgery continues to evolve with technological advances and a push toward value-based care, more procedures are ...

Patients have two options: Artificial cervical disc replacement Cervical fusion In 2007, the FDA approved the first artificial disc, the Prestige Cervical disc, which looks and moves much like the ...

A new study published in The New England Journal of Medicine Evidence showed that surgery significantly improved the Neck ...

[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 ...

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 ...

Currently, anterior cervical discectomy is the most common procedure ... intervertebral prosthesis or use of plates or screws). An alternative to fusion (arthrodesis) is a disc replacement ...

For individuals suffering from chronic neck or back injuries, Dr. Michael R. Wheeler, MD, is the go-to spine doctor in Dallas for cutting-edge treatment options. Patients interested in learning more ...

The study, titled Biomechanical Evaluation of Cervical Interbody Fusion Cages for Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion With Variations in Morphology, was conducted by researchers at SRM Institute ...