How Does the Severity of Neuroforaminal Compression in Cervical Radiculopathy Affect Outcomes of Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion

CONCLUSIONS: Patients with severe FS presented with worse preoperative physical health. While ACDF improved outcomes and conferred similar motor recovery in all patients, those with severe FS reported much better improvement in physical function.PMID:37946340 | DOI:10.31616/asj.2023.0066

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Source: Asian Spine Journal - November 10, 2023 Category: Orthopaedics Authors: Mark J Lambrechts Tariq Z Issa Yunsoo Lee Khoa S Tran Jeremy Heard Caroline Purtill Tristan B Fried Samuel Oh Erin Kim John J Mangan Jose A Canseco I David Kaye Jeffrey A Rihn Alan S Hilibrand Alexander R Vaccaro Christopher K Kepler Gregory D Schroeder Source Type: research