A nationwide registry study of surgical and patient-reported outcomes following anterior cervical discectomy and fusion: Part 1 - Synthetic cages versus autologous crista bone grafts
In this matched analysis, synthetic interbody fusion cages were comparable to autologous crista bone grafts for ACDF, with no significant differences in PROMs at 1-year follow-up. However, synthetic cages were associated with lower complication rates, reoperation rates, and shorter hospital stays.
Authors
- Sruthi Ranganathan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-0684-4263)
- Victor E. Staartjes (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1039-2098)
- Erik Edström (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8781-1169)
- Alec Jonason (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5515-933X)
- Patrick Vigren
- Victor Gabriel El-Hajj (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9479-761X)
- Daniel de Wilde (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-7442-037X)
- Adrian Elmi‐Terander (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3776-6136)
- Elias Atallah (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4206-5884)
Institutions
- University of Minnesota (US)
- University of Zurich (CH)
- University of Cambridge (GB)
- Örebro University (SE)
- Thomas Jefferson University Hospital (US)
- University of Minnesota System (US)
- Karolinska Institutet (SE)
- Cambridge School (PT)
- Örebro County Council (SE)
- Bridge University (SS)
- University Hospital of Zurich (CH)
- Öhlins (Sweden) (SE)
- Örebro University Hospital (SE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- European Spine Journal
- Published
- 2025-10-11
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s00586-025-09455-y
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Cervical and Thoracic Myelopathy
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 6.02
Funders
- Karolinska Institutet