Anterior Cervical Spine Surgery for Degenerative Disease: A Review

Anterior cervical spine surgery is an established surgical intervention for cervical degenerative disease and high success rate with excellent long-term outcomes have been reported. However, indications of surgical procedures for certain conditions are still controversial and severe complications to...

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Published in:Neurologia medico-chirurgica 2015, Vol.55(7), pp.540-546
Main Author: SUGAWARA, Taku
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
anterior cervical spine surgery
complication
degenerative disease
indication
outcome
Review
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Summary:Anterior cervical spine surgery is an established surgical intervention for cervical degenerative disease and high success rate with excellent long-term outcomes have been reported. However, indications of surgical procedures for certain conditions are still controversial and severe complications to cause neurological dysfunction or deaths may occur. This review is focused mainly on five widely performed procedures by anterior approach for cervical degenerative disease; anterior cervical discectomy, anterior cervical discectomy and fusion, anterior cervical corpectomy and fusion, anterior cervical foraminotomy, and arthroplasty. Indications, procedures, outcomes, and complications of these surgeries are discussed.
ISSN:0470-8105
1349-8029
DOI:10.2176/nmc.ra.2014-0403