Titanium Cage Versus Structural Allograft for Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion
Titanium cages demonstrate a similar safety and efficacy profile to structural allografts and may enable greater cervical Cobb angle changes. Longer neurosurgical follow-up may be required to assess need for revision procedures and quantitative patient-reported outcomes across cage materials.
Authors
- Velina S. Chavarro (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5925-2937)
- Ron Gadot (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6480-3521)
- Eric Chalif (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7313-8188)
- Ruchit Patel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9353-070X)
- Rohan Jha
- Jessica G. Baker
- Yi Lu
- Joshua I. Chalif
Institutions
- Brigham and Women's Hospital (US)
- Northeastern University (US)
- Harvard University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Clinical Spine Surgery A Spine Publication
- Published
- 2026-01-21
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1097/bsd.0000000000002032
- Primary Topic
- Cervical and Thoracic Myelopathy
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00