and the anterior approach, 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 ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted two 510 (k) clearances for implants which restore the integrity of ...

An important and limiting complication of cervical spine fusion surgery is the development of DDD in adjacent discs. [5–7] Artificial intervertebral disc arthroplasty has been proposed as an ...

outpatient surgery for patients undergoing ACDF ... found no compromise in safety and efficacy of anterior cervical discectomy and fusion when performed as an outpatient. [24,28] However, anterior ...

4, saying, “Benny is doing better. He is getting around better, but it looks like after the first of the year, he is looking at surgery to fuse his C3 and C4 vertebrae. He has a spot on his ...

Recently, Dr. J. Alex Sielatycki, a fellowship-trained spine surgeon at Pioneers Medical Center (PMC) in Meeker, started ...