Considering the Effects of Age and Patient Factors on Subsidence and Implant Selection in Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion
When adjusted for spacer material and number of fused levels, age is not independently predictive of pseudarthrosis, revision, or change in segmental height. Regardless of loss of segmental height, the choice of implant material may not significantly affect reoperation. Differences in rates of fusion and pseudarthrosis in black patients may be temporary; however, surgeons should consider careful monitoring of these patients to avoid unnecessary revisions.
Authors
- Joseph M. Blommer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5551-9219)
- Eugene Y. Koh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7905-1761)
- Daniel Lee Cavanaugh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-7564-9070)
- Steven C. Ludwig (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3962-5724)
- Charles A. Sansur (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-7115-8484)
- Tyler J. Pease (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0372-9270)
- Jake Carbone
- Julio Jose Jauregui (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7878-0241)
- Anthony Kohler Chiu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8798-5521)
- Louis J. Bivona (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6005-3532)
- Idris Amin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7468-0158)
- Hershil A. Patel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-6820-2625)
- Amit Ratanpal
- Ryan A. Smith (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0892-0912)
- Jeffrey B. Weinreb
- Rohan Iyer Suresh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-5571-9540)
Institutions
- University of Maryland, Baltimore (US)
- University of Maryland Medical Center (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Clinical Spine Surgery A Spine Publication
- Published
- 2025-09-16
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1097/bsd.0000000000001921
- Primary Topic
- Cervical and Thoracic Myelopathy
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00