Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion for cervical myelopathy using stand-alone tricortical iliac crest autograft: Predictive factors for neurological and fusion outcomes.

CONCLUSION: ACDF using tricortical iliac crest autograft has satisfactory outcomes with low occurrence of complications. Diabetics and drinkers were predictors of delayed union. PMID: 31451033 [PubMed - in process]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31451033?dopt=Abstract

Source: Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery - August 29, 2019 Category: Orthopaedics Authors: Yeung KKL, Cheung PWH, Cheung JPY Tags: J Orthop Surg (Hong Kong) Source Type: research