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 rhBMP, each ...

Anterior cervical discectomy, often performed with fusion, is a well‐established surgical intervention for degenerative cervical spine disorders. While the procedure has proven benefits in alleviating ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Patients with cervical spondylosis who underwent anterior cervical discectomy and fusion had a greater incidence ...

New Orleans, Louisiana — Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) was shown to be not only effective and durable at 5 years of follow-up but also cost-effective, registration trials of ...

The trend towards ambulatory surgery for procedures previously limited to the inpatient setting is well established. [6,7,8,9,10,11] Trends in spinal surgery towards less invasive approaches and ...

Recurrent radiculopathy after anterior cervical discectomy with fusion (ACDF) occurs in approximately 4% of cases. The main obstacles of revision surgery after ACDF via the same approach are scar ...

Since Peyton Manning missed the entire 2011 season after undergoing an anterior cervical discectomy and fusion to treat a pinched nerve in his neck, there has been an increased focus in both the media ...

Anterior cervical decompression and fusion surgery using traditional methods to remove the posterior longitudinal ligament often causes massive bleeding, increasing the risk of surgery. However, the ...

In the past couple of years there have been numerous changes made to the code sets for reporting arthrodesis techniques, instrumentation and bone grafts versus biomechanical devices so let’s review ...

Codes 22520, 22521 and 22522: These CPT codes were changed from a percutaneous vertebroplasty, 1 vertebral body, unilateral or bilateral injection; thoracic or lumbar and add-on code for an additional ...