Cervical fusion remains one of the most-performed cervical spine procedures done even as other techniques have gained prominence. Five notes: 1. Anterior cervical discectomy and fusions have been the ...

The bone graft will eventually fuse to the vertebrae above and below ... about 12% of the patients developed new cervical disease that required a second surgery over a 20 year period after the ...

a non-displaced fracture of the left lateral mass of the second cervical vertebrae, a fracture of the anterior osteophyte of the fourth cervical vertebrae extending into the third and fourth ...

Two types of back injury are spondylolisthesis and cervical radiculopathy. Both have their own set of symptoms, causes, and treatments. The spine, or backbone, is made up of a column of 33 bones ...

The neck is made up of seven stacked bones — the cervical vertebrae. The cervical disks lie between these bones, acting as shock absorbers and allowing for flexibility in the neck. Uncovertebral ...