As many as 1 in 5 people have complications from ACDF surgery, but severe side effects are rare. Most people fully recover within 6–8 weeks, but some may need another surgery. Anterior cervical ...

More than 153,000 cervical spine procedures have been added to the American Spine Registry from 2015 to 2024, and the majority of them were anterior cervical discectomy and fusions, according to the ...

Surgery to remove multiple herniated or degenerated discs in the neck, a procedure known as anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF), can be safely performed in an outpatient setting in select ...

Use of GLP-1 agonists after anterior cervical discectomy and fusion may reduce the rates of pseudoarthrosis, dysphagia, ...

With the opioid epidemic front of mind for ambulatory surgery center leaders, a study in the International Journal of Spine Surgery researched if hospital surgery centers or ASCs prescribed more ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Local intraoperative corticosteroids administered after anterior cervical discectomy and fusion may be effective ...

Neck pain is a common condition that can have many different causes. Although surgery is a potential treatment for long-term neck pain, it’s rarely the first option. In fact, many cases of neck pain ...

For patients with cervical radiculopathy, posterior foraminotomy provides outcomes comparable to those of the more commonly performed anterior cervical discectomy, reports a randomized clinical trial ...

With the opioid epidemic front of mind for ambulatory surgery center leaders, a study in the International Journal of Spine Surgery researched if hospital surgery centers or ASCs prescribed more ...