Influence of Cervical Level Fused on Subsidence of Cage and Allograft in Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion
We found upper cervical levels experienced a smaller degree of anterior subsidence than lower levels, after controlling for demographic and implant characteristics. Surgeons can consider using larger cages at lower cervical levels to minimize these risks.
Authors
- Jiwoo Park (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0093-4343)
- Lathan Liou (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8066-5947)
- Zachary P. Milestone (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2395-7852)
- Christopher Gonzalez (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6227-8372)
- Jonathan Markowitz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0987-0761)
- Samuel Kang-Wook Cho (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7511-2486)
- Pierce Ferriter (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8521-2165)
- Akiro H. Duey (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0308-0512)
- Jun Kim (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6114-2673)
- Wasil Ahmed (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-0904-1891)
Institutions
- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Clinical Spine Surgery A Spine Publication
- Published
- 2024-10-25
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1097/bsd.0000000000001721
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Cervical and Thoracic Myelopathy
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.57