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Anterior Spinal Plates, Cervical

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Anterior cervical diskectomy and fusion (ACDF) is one of the most common and effective spine procedures performed, indicated for the treatment of cervical degenerative disk disease. Patients frequently present with neck pain, radiculopathy, or myelopathy secondary to compression of the neural elements. A thorough patient evaluation is performed, consisting of clinical examination, imaging, and possibly nerve conduction studies. This chapter outlines the diagnostic evaluation, indications, operative details, considerations, and complications of the ACDF procedure.

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  1. Department of Neurosurgery, The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA

    A. Karim Ahmed, Zach Pennington, Camilo A. Molina & Daniel M. Sciubba

  2. Department of Neurosurgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA

    C. Rory Goodwin

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  1. Department of Neurosurgery, Allegheny General Hospital Department of Neurosurgery, Mars, PA, USA

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  1. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Missouri Health Care, Columbia, OH, USA

    Don K. Moore MD

  2. Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA

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  3. Department of Neurosurgery, Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia, PA, USA

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Ahmed, A.K., Pennington, Z., Molina, C.A., Goodwin, C.R., Sciubba, D.M. (2020). Anterior Spinal Plates, Cervical. In: Cheng, B. (eds) Handbook of Spine Technology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-33037-2_61-1

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