title: [Cervical arthrodesis by means of interbody fusion with autologous bone and/or interbody spacer for cervical disc disease].
abstract: The purpose of this study was to compare the results of cervical arthrodesis performed through interbody fusion with autologous bone and/or interbody spacer for cervical disc disease.
  
  
  METHODS
  Comparative cross-sectional study that included 49 patients who underwent surgery for anterior arthrodesis between January and December 2011, whose clinical records were reviewed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  We included 49 patients: 20 (40.8%) males and 29 (59.2%) females. All of them were diagnosed with disc disease (cervical disc herniation) involving one or two levels. Mean operative time was 69.12, with a minimum of 53 and a maximum of 110 +/- 19.61 minutes for cervical arthrodesis with a graft. Mean operative time was 61.18 with a minimum of 50 and a maximum of 96.00 +/- 11.38 minutes for cer vical arthrodesis with an interbody spacer (p = 0.00, Student t test). Patient sociodemographic and clinical characteristics and complications are shown. Patients in whom both surgical techniques were used had appropriate radiological integration, with p = 0.015, considering p < or = a 0.05 as significant, chi2.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In patients with cervical disc disease bone integration is appropriate with the use of either an interbody cage or an autologous iliac crest graft.
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Salvatori-Rubí
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Montiel-Jarquín
authors.forename: R G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Barragán-Hervella
authors.forename: O S
authors.initials: OS
authors.lastname: García-Díaz
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pacheco-Espinosa
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Sánchez-Durdn
authors.forename: M I
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Domínguez-Cid
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Romero-Figueroa
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: García-Carrasco
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D016025:Bone Transplantation; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D055959:Intervertebral Disc Degeneration / Q000601:surgery*; D007405:Intervertebral Disc Displacement / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013123:Spinal Fusion / Q000379:methods*