3. Fatigue analysis of multilevel anterior cervical fusion with stand-alone anchored spacer vs interbody cage with anterior plate

Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) is the surgical standard for treating anterior based cervical spine pathology with interbody spacers and plating most common. Complications are more prevalent in multilevel cases. Stand-alone anchored spacers were designed to resolve these issues. For 1-level ACDF they provide similar clinical results, fewer implant related complications and decreased compensatory motion at adjacent levels. Reporting on fatigue analysis of multilevel plating vs anchored spacers is limited.
Source: The Spine Journal - Category: Orthopaedics Authors: Source Type: research