title: The anterior surgical approach to the cervical spine for intervertebral disc disease.
abstract: THE ANTERIOR SURGICAL APPROACH to the cervical spine in patients with discogenic compressive pathological findings causing radiculopathy or myelopathy is a commonly performed operation with several technical variations. We describe the normal and pathological anatomy and the techniques of surgical decompression of the dura with autograft fusion, which we have used for the past 35 years.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York 10016, USA.
authors.forename: Stephen M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Russell
authors.forename: Vallo
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Benjamin
mesh_terms: D016025:Bone Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D019299:Decompression, Surgical / Q000379:methods*; D004388:Dura Mater / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007405:Intervertebral Disc Displacement / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D013117:Spinal Cord Compression / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D013123:Spinal Fusion / Q000379:methods*; D013128:Spinal Osteophytosis / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*