Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion is a surgery to reduce or eliminate chronic pain in the neck and back due to a problem with the discs. Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) is an ...

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 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Investigators demonstrated in an award-winning study that anterior cervical discectomy and fusion procedures to ...

The trend towards ambulatory surgery for procedures previously limited to the inpatient setting is well established. [6,7,8,9,10,11] Trends in spinal surgery towards less invasive approaches and ...

A retrospective study in Clinical Spine Surgery found that "outpatient" anterior cervical discectomy and fusion and lumbar discectomy procedures often did not correlate with same day discharge. Here ...

Hollywood, Fla.-based The Less Exposure Surgery Specialists Institute spine surgeon Kingsley Chin, MD, completed a three level anterior cervical discectomy and fusion case in an hour and five minutes, ...

CINCINNATI (WKRC) — Local doctors are advising patients to carefully evaluate their options before opting for surgery to address neck or back pain. Dr. William McClellan, a spine surgeon at OrthoCincy ...

Patients undergoing anterior cervical discectomy and fusion who received an application of local steroid at the conclusion of the cervical plating had better patient-report outcomes for dysphagia than ...

Expandable titanium cages in anterior cervical discectomy and fusion are safe and effective, according to a study in the Oct. 2025 issue of the Journal of Spine Surgery. The cages may offer an ...