Open AccessElective non-instrumented anterior cervical diskectomy and fusion in Ghana: A preliminary report
Author(s) -
N B Andrews,
H. S. Lawson,
TL Odjidja
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
west african journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 0189-160X
DOI - 10.4314/wajm.v22i2.27931
Subject(s) - medicine , diskectomy , surgery , myelopathy , demographics , retrospective cohort study , significant difference , medical record , anterior cervical discectomy and fusion , cervical spine , lumbar , lumbar vertebrae , spinal cord , demography , psychiatry , sociology
This study is a retrospective analysis of forty-one consecutive patients who underwent elective single or multilevel anterior cervical diskectomy and fusion (ACDF) in Ghana. All the patients had been followed up for at least six months.