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Role of Materials in Cervical Spine Fusion

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Spondylosis is the most common cause of neural dysfunction in the cervical spine. The degenerative changes of ageing typically herniated disc, osteophyte formation and hypertrophied ligament may compress the spinal cord to present symptomatically as neck pain, radiculopathy, myelopathy or radiculo-myelopathy [1]. Anterior cervical discectomy or multilevel somatectomies with fusion are common surgical procedures for patients suffering pain and/or neurological deficits and unresponsive to conservative management [2].

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