Open AccessHybrid implants in anterior cervical decompressive surgery for degenerative disease
Author(s) -
Massimiliano Visocchi,
Simeone Marino,
Giorgio Ducoli,
Giuseppe Barbagallo,
Pasqualino Ciappetta,
Francesco Signorelli
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of craniovertebral junction and spine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.38
H-Index - 23
eISSN - 0976-9285
pISSN - 0974-8237
DOI - 10.4103/jcvjs.jcvjs_184_20
Subject(s) - medicine , anterior cervical discectomy and fusion , surgery , myelopathy , degenerative disc disease , prosthesis , cervical vertebrae , degenerative disease , radiological weapon , cervical spondylosis , diskectomy , cervical spine , spinal cord , central nervous system disease , lumbar vertebrae , lumbar , alternative medicine , pathology , psychiatry
Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) still represent the mainstream surgical approach in the treatment of degenerative cervical Degenerative Disc Disease (DDD), being a loss of mobility at the treated segment and adjacent segment diseases well-known complications. To overcome those complications, hybrid surgery (HS) incorporating ACDF and cervical disk arthroplasty is increasingly performed for DDD.