Tag: ACDF
Ehlers-Danlos syndrome associated with higher medical and surgical complications following ACDF
Patients with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (EDS) are at increased risk of both medical and surgical complications following anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF). As such,...
ACDF offers benefits over PCLF for cervical spondylotic myelopathy but postoperative...
Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) and posterior cervical laminectomy and fusion (PCLF) provide comparable postoperative neck pain improvement at three, 12, and 24...
IDE study data demonstrate significant benefits of M6-C artificial cervical disc...
Patients who received the M6-C artificial cervical disc (Orthofix) continue to show statistically significant benefits compared to those who underwent anterior cervical discectomy and...
Machine learning can help predict early-onset adjacent segment degeneration following ACDF
Machine learning (ML) can help in the discovery of early-onset adjacent segment degeneration (EO-ASD) as well as predict its development following anterior cervical discectomy...
Cervical artificial disc replacement associated with better functional outcomes than ACDF...
Cervical artificial disc replacement (c-ADR) provides better functional outcomes than anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) in patients with single-level cervical spondylotic myelopathy (CSM),...
Data show superiority of Simplify cervical disc compared to ACDF for...
Results from a two-level multicentre US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) investigational device exemption (IDE) study have shown superior outcomes with the Simplify cervical...
VySpine announces FDA clearance for ClariVy cervical IBF system
VySpine has announced that it has received 510(k) clearance from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its ClariVy cervical interbody fusion (IBF)...
Longer-term data needed to fully assess potential superiority of minimally invasive...
There is no clear superiority between minimally invasive posterior cervical foraminotomy (MIS-PCF) and either anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) or cervical total disc...
SeaSpine announces full commercial launch of the Admiral ACP system
SeaSpine has announced the full commercial launch of its Admiral ACP system—a spinal implant system which is designed to create a more efficient and...
Orthofix 3D-printed titanium cervical spacer system receives clearance
Orthofix Medical has announced the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has given 510(k) clearance for its 3D-printed Construx mini titanium spacer system. In...
NuVasive’s Simplify Disc gains FDA approval for use in two-level cTDR
NuVasive has gained FDA approval for its Simplify Cervical Artificial Disc, allowing the device to be used in two-level cervical total disc replacement (cTDR)...
First patients implanted with AlloWrap amniotic membrane
AlloSource has announced that the first patients have been enrolled in a randomised controlled study to evaluate the effectiveness of AlloWrap amniotic membrane for...
Elective one to three level ACDFs at physician-owned hospitals cost less...
The results of a recent study suggest that elective one to three level anterior cervical discectomy with fusion surgeries (ACDFs) at physician-owned hospitals have...
Topical steroid reduces dysphagia after ACDF, early RCT results suggest
Early postoperative results of a double blind randomised clinical trial demonstrate the benefit of local intraoperative corticosteroids (LIC) delivered with an absorbable haemostatic matrix...
Congress of Neurological Surgeons’ Top Paper of 2019 goes to spine...
The Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS) recently awarded their Top Paper of the Year and Spine Section Paper of the Year to an analysis...
Cages in ACDF are associated with a higher non-union rate than...
Investigators found a higher rate of non-union associated with intervertebral cages than with allograft in a recent retrospective analysis, which led to the conclusion...
Duration of preoperative radiculopathy symptoms associated with worse outcomes
A recent study found that a longer duration of preoperative radiculopathy symptoms in patients with degenerative cervical pathology is associated with worse health-related quality...
New results “strongly support” the safety of the ProDisc-C device
At the annual meeting of the International Society for the Advancement of Spinal Surgery (3–5 April, Anaheim, USA), Jack E Zigler (Texas Health Center...
ACDF can be safely performed in outpatient setting in select patients
Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF), can be safely performed in an outpatient setting in select patients, according to a study at Hospital for...
Outcomes of anterior cervical discectomy and fusion influenced by presurgical depressive...
A recent study found that patients who presented with presurgical depressive symptoms reported more severe symptoms preoperatively and postoperatively. However, despite residual symptoms, these...
Secure-C cervical artificial disc receives expanded insurance coverage
The Secure-C cervical artificial disc (Globus Medical) is now covered by Anthem, one of the largest health benefits companies in the United States with...
Is all ignorance bliss? Expenses for implants in surgery decrease when...
Costs were found to decrease for implants in surgery when prices were known, concludes a study presented by Andrew Glennie from Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada,...
Zimmer Biomet Spine announces FDA approval of Mobi-C cervical disc labelling...
Zimmer Biomet has announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved an extension to the Mobi-C Cervical Disc labelling to include...
Simplify Medical completes enrolment in US IDE pivotal trial of Simplify...
Simplify Medical, maker of the Simplify cervical artificial disc, has announced that it has completed the enrolment and treatment of all patients in its US...
icotec receives FDA clearance to market BlackArmor® Carbon/PEEK interbody cages
The latest line of icotec interbody cages, designed to optimise bony integration and post-operative visualisation, has received US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k)...
FDA 510(k) clearance for cervical and lumbar HA PEEK interbody...
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted 510(k) clearance for both the ALTA ACDF interbody spacers (Astura Medical) and HALF DOME lumbar...
Peptide-enhanced bone graft outperforms autograft at two years
A prospective, multicentre trial has found that a peptide-enhanced bone graft is non-inferior compared to local autograft bone. In addition, the bone graft outperformed...
Xenco Medical launches disposable ASC Cervikit across the USA
Xenco Medical has announced the nationwide expansion of the ASC CerviKit, the compact delivery and storage platform for the company’s entirely disposable anterior cervical...
Three podium presentations demonstrate positive results for Zimmer Biomet’s Mobi-C
Results from three studies presented at the 2017 French Spine Society Congress (SFCR; June 1–3, Lille, France) have demonstrated the short and long-term safety,...
Providence Medical launches Cavux cervical cage and Dtrax spinal system
Providence Medical Technology's Cavux
Providence Medical Technology has announced the commercial launch of its new Cavux cervical cage-L and Dtrax spinal system-L.
The Cavix Cervical Cage-L...
DePuy Synthes introduces Zero-P Natural plate with allograft spacer for neck...
DePuy Synthes Spine has announced the launch of the Zero-P Natural plate to help maintain stability and support bone growth in spinal fusion procedures...
Two-thirds of NFL players resume careers after surgery in the cervical...
The majority of US National Football League (NFL) players who undergo surgery for a herniated disc in the cervical spine are able to resume...