Healio

One-level ACDF patients had better 5-year outcomes than multi-level patients

We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have this issue please contact customerservice@slackinc.com. ORLANDO, Fla. — One-level and two-level anterior ...
Healio

One- vs two-level ACDF and disc replacement study shows trend of poorer results with two-level fusion

One- vs two-level ACDF and disc replacement study shows trend of poorer results with two-level fusion Patients with one-level ACDFs had a nearly three-fold increase in reoperation rates compared to ...
Yahoo Finance

Landmark Clinical Study Published in Spine Demonstrates Superiority of Tissue-Sparing Circumferential Cervical Fusion Over ACDF Alone in Multilevel Cervical Fusion Surgery

Superior Fusion Success at 12 Months: CCF achieved a 61.0% composite fusion success rate compared to just 17% in the ACDF group—a nearly fourfold improvement (p<0.001). Fusion was strictly defined by ...
Medscape

Two-Level Disc Replacement Reduces Reoperation vs Fusion

SAN FRANCISCO — Patients with 2-level symptomatic cervical disc degeneration fare better in terms of future secondary surgeries when their discs are replaced rather than fused, a new study shows. "We ...
Becker's ASC

2-level spinal fusion in ASCs vs. HOPDs: 5 findings

A new study published in Clinical Spine Surgery compared patients who underwent two-level anterior cervical discectomy and fusions in hospitals and ASCs. The study authors examined 25 patients who ...
Medical Xpress

Surgery for herniated discs in neck can be safely performed in outpatient setting

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 ...
National Institute for Health and Care Excellence

Mobi-C for cervical disc replacement

Table 2: Overview of the Alvin et al. (2014) systematic review Table 3: Overview of the Davis et al. (2015) study Table 4: Summary of results of the Davis et al. (2015) study Table 5: Overview of the ...
Becker's ASC

Outpatient ACDF on the rise in hospital-owned ASCs: 7 notes

Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion case volume jumped 116% from 2016 to 2021 in hospital owned ASCs, and the payer mix saw significant shifts among patients, according to an analysis in the June ...
EurekAlert!

Pseudarthrosis following single-level ACDF is five times more likely when a PEEK interbody device is used

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA (OCTOBER 30, 2018). In spine surgery, "arthrodesis" is the term used to describe fusion of adjacent vertebrae following removal of an intervertebral disc. Arthrodesis is achieved ...
News Medical

Surgery to remove degenerated discs in the neck can be performed safely in outpatient setting

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 ...
National Institute for Health and Care Excellence

Mobi-C for cervical disc replacement

This briefing describes the regulated use of the technology for the indication specified, in the setting described and with any other specific equipment referred to. It is the responsibility of ...