Ahn SH et al: Successful repair of esophageal perforation after anterior cervical fusion for cervical spine fracture. J Clin Neurosci. 18(10):1374-80, 2011
Aono H et al: Incidence of postoperative symptomatic epidural hematoma in spinal decompression surgery. J Neurosurg Spine. 15(2):202-5, 2011
Christiano LD et al: Late prevertebral abscess after anterior cervical fusion. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 36(12):E798-802, 2011
Gebremariam L et al: Evaluation of treatment effectiveness for the herniated cervical disk: a systematic review". Spine (Phila Pa 1976). Epub ahead of print, 2011
Jacobs W et al: Systematic review of anterior interbody fusion techniques for single- and double-level cervical degenerative disc disease. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 36(14):E950-60, 2011
Walid MS et al: Economic impact of comorbidities in spine surgery. J Neurosurg Spine. 14(3):318-21, 2011
Coric D et al: Prospective study of cervical arthroplasty in 98 patients involved in 1 of 3 separate investigational device exemption studies from a single investigational site with a minimum 2-year follow-up. Clinical article. J Neurosurg Spine. 13(6):715-21, 2010
Moftakhar R et al: Anterior cervical plates: a historical perspective. Neurosurg Focus. 16(1):E8, 2004
DiAngelo DJ et al: Anterior cervical plating reverses load transfer through multilevel strut-grafts. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 25(7):783-95, 2000
Kirkpatrick JS et al: Reconstruction after multilevel corpectomy in the cervical spine. A sagittal plane biomechanical study. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 24(12):1186-90; discussion 1191, 1999
Panjabi MM et al: Loosening at the screw-vertebra junction in multilevel anterior cervical plate constructs. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 24(22):2383-8, 1999
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KEY FACTS
Pre-Procedure
Outcomes
TERMINOLOGY
Abbreviations
Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF)
PRE-PROCEDURE
Indications
PROCEDURE
Procedure Steps
Alternative Procedures/Therapies
POST-PROCEDURE
Expected Outcome
Things to Avoid
OUTCOMES
Problems
Complications
Selected References
Ahn SH et al: Successful repair of esophageal perforation after anterior cervical fusion for cervical spine fracture. J Clin Neurosci. 18(10):1374-80, 2011
Aono H et al: Incidence of postoperative symptomatic epidural hematoma in spinal decompression surgery. J Neurosurg Spine. 15(2):202-5, 2011
Christiano LD et al: Late prevertebral abscess after anterior cervical fusion. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 36(12):E798-802, 2011
Gebremariam L et al: Evaluation of treatment effectiveness for the herniated cervical disk: a systematic review". Spine (Phila Pa 1976). Epub ahead of print, 2011
Jacobs W et al: Systematic review of anterior interbody fusion techniques for single- and double-level cervical degenerative disc disease. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 36(14):E950-60, 2011
Walid MS et al: Economic impact of comorbidities in spine surgery. J Neurosurg Spine. 14(3):318-21, 2011
Coric D et al: Prospective study of cervical arthroplasty in 98 patients involved in 1 of 3 separate investigational device exemption studies from a single investigational site with a minimum 2-year follow-up. Clinical article. J Neurosurg Spine. 13(6):715-21, 2010
Moftakhar R et al: Anterior cervical plates: a historical perspective. Neurosurg Focus. 16(1):E8, 2004
DiAngelo DJ et al: Anterior cervical plating reverses load transfer through multilevel strut-grafts. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 25(7):783-95, 2000
Kirkpatrick JS et al: Reconstruction after multilevel corpectomy in the cervical spine. A sagittal plane biomechanical study. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 24(12):1186-90; discussion 1191, 1999
Panjabi MM et al: Loosening at the screw-vertebra junction in multilevel anterior cervical plate constructs. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 24(22):2383-8, 1999
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