Pseudarthrosis After Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion: An Infectious Source Might be Suspected
In cervical pseudarthrosis, an infection should be considered as a potential cause. Surgical revision must include bacteriological sampling and antibiotic prophylaxis. Patients reoperated for infectious pseudarthrosis often suffered from residual neck pain.
Authors
- Adrien Simonneau
- Clement Price Thomas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8562-7886)
- Jean-Edouard Loret
- Mourad Aggad
- Eric Lioret
- Cécile Le Brun (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9846-0210)
- Thierry Dufour (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0397-368X)
- Yacine El Yaagoubi
- Aymeric Amelot (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3659-291X)
- Ilyess Zemmoura
- Louis-Marie Terrier
- Marion Lacasse
- Patrick François
Institutions
- General Electric (Spain) (ES)
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Tours (FR)
- Hôpital Bretonneau (FR)
- Hôpital privé Clairval (FR)
- Vinci (France) (FR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- World Neurosurgery
- Published
- 2026-01-22
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wneu.2026.124828
- Primary Topic
- Cervical and Thoracic Myelopathy
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00