Open AccessSingle-level posterior cervical foraminotomy associated with increased incidence of early postoperative wound infection rates relative to anterior cervical discectomy with fusion and cervical disc arthroplasty
Author(s) -
Mitchell K. Ng,
Ahmed K. Emara,
Prashant V. Rajan,
Daniel Grits,
Neil Pathak,
Kenneth K. Ng,
Dominic W. Pelle,
Afshin E. Razi
Publication year - 2023
Publication title -
journal of spine surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2414-469X
pISSN - 2414-4630
DOI - 10.21037/jss-21-39
Subject(s) - medicine , anterior cervical discectomy and fusion , foraminotomy , current procedural terminology , perioperative , surgery , cervical radiculopathy , propensity score matching , arthroplasty , diskectomy , lumbar , cervical spine , lumbar vertebrae
To date, there are no studies comparing perioperative outcomes of cervical radiculopathy patients managed by anterior cervical discectomy with fusion (ACDF), cervical disc arthroplasty (CDA), or posterior cervical foraminotomy (PCF). To assess if there were differences in perioperative outcomes between cervical radiculopathy patients who can be appropriately treated with ACDF, CDA, or PCF.