Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion is a surgical procedure performed to remove a herniated or degenerative disc in the cervical spine. While this procedure has been present in hospitals for some ...

In 5-year follow-up of pivotal registration trials of artificial cervical discs, investigators showed durability and cost-effectiveness. The cost per quality-adjusted life-year was less than $24,000.

His team conducted the multicenter prospective randomized exemption study comparing arthroplasty with anterior cervical discectomy and fusion.

Patients with cervical spondylosis who underwent anterior cervical discectomy and fusion had a greater incidence of a new mental health diagnosis postoperatively compared with patients treated ...

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted investigational device exemption (IDE) approval for Dymicron to ...

CHICAGO – The optimal choice for anterior cervical grafts in anterior discectomy and fusion is an ongoing debate among spine surgeons. Autograft, allograft and bone graft substitutes with ...

A retrospective study in Clinical Spine Surgery found that "outpatient" anterior cervical discectomy and fusion and lumbar discectomy procedures often did not correlate with same day discharge.

Discectomy with cervical fusion can often help relieve the pain of spinal disc disease. The only caveat is that after the surgery, many people find that they lose some degree of movement in their ...

In some types of spine surgery, such as an anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF), the procedure may be performed by entering through the anterior (front) part of the neck.