title: Anterior discectomy, microscopic decompression, and fusion: a treatment for cervical spondylotic radiculopathy.
abstract: A consecutive series of 47 patients with cervical radiculopathy secondary to spondylosis were treated with complete discectomy, root decompression accomplished by microscopic foraminotomy on the affected side(s), and iliac graft fusion at the involved interspace(s). Forty of the 47 patients were contacted with an average follow-up of 15 months. Eighty-three percent of the patients were judged as having good results. Fusion of the involved interspace(s) occurred in 87% of cases, although this did not appear to correlate with the clinical results.
authors.affiliation: Division of Orthopedic Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas.
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Kozak
authors.forename: G W
authors.initials: GW
authors.lastname: Hanson
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Rose
authors.forename: D M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Trettin
authors.forename: H S
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Tullos
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007403:Intervertebral Disc / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D009408:Nerve Compression Syndromes / Q000209:etiology*; D010166:Palliative Care; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013123:Spinal Fusion; D013126:Spinal Nerve Roots; D013128:Spinal Osteophytosis / Q000150:complications*; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000628:therapy