Contiguous versus skip discectomy and fusion in cervical disc herniation: Do we need to fuse the normal intermediate segment?
Skip discectomy has a similar benefit and risk profile and is noninferior compared to contiguous discectomy in addition to the preservation of intermediate disc integrity.
Authors
- Dwarakanath Srinivas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7330-0627)
- Arimappamagan Arivazhagan
- T. S. Lingaraju
- Mohammed Nadeem
- Shrinath Shah
- Madhusudhan Nagesh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2487-1543)
- Abhinith Shashidhar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4180-2299)
- Harsh Deora (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3247-1117)
- Ninad Sawant (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4832-5221)
- Souvik Singha (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1392-8233)
- Subhash Kanti Konar
Institutions
- National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (IN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Craniovertebral Junction and Spine
- Published
- 2025-04-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.4103/jcvjs.jcvjs_28_25
- Primary Topic
- Cervical and Thoracic Myelopathy
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00