Vardhaan S Ambati, Mohamed Macki, Andrew K Chan, Giorgos D Michalopoulos, Vivian P Le, Alysha B Jamieson, Dean Chou, Christopher I Shaffrey, Oren N Gottfried, Erica F Bisson, Anthony L Asher, Domagoj Coric, Eric A Potts, Kevin T Foley, Michael Y Wang, Kai-Ming Fu, Michael S Virk, John J Knightly, Scott Meyer, Paul Park, Cheerag Upadhyaya, Mark E Shaffrey, Avery L Buchholz, Luis M Tumialán, Jay D Turner, Brandon A Sherrod, Regis W Haid, Mohamad Bydon, Praveen V Mummaneni
OBJECTIVE: The authors sought to compare 3-level anterior with posterior fusion surgical procedures for the treatment of multilevel cervical spondylotic myelopathy (CSM). METHODS: The authors analyzed prospective data from the 14 highest enrolling sites of the Quality Outcomes Database CSM module. They compared 3-level anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) and posterior cervical laminectomy and fusion (PCF) surgical procedures, excluding surgical procedures crossing the cervicothoracic junction...
September 2023: Neurosurgical Focus