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 ...

A cervical intervertebral disc can prolapse (hernia or rupture ... If you review him 12 months after surgery and plain x-ray of the cervical spine shows solid fusion, with stable flexion extension ...

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 ...

Here are eight notes for ASC leaders to know about spine's outpatient migration: ...