Your surgeon and anesthesiologist will use general anesthesia to help you remain unconscious throughout the entire surgery. Talk to your doctor about the possible complications of surgery before you ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . NEW ORLEANS — Researchers discovered the conversion rate of an initial posterior cervical foraminotomy to ...

A cervical foraminotomy is a procedure that decompresses a nerve in the neck. A spine surgeon removes bone or disc pieces that are pressing on the nerves that go from your neck to your arm. The ...

Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion is a surgery to reduce or eliminate chronic pain in the neck and back due to a problem with the discs. Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) is an ...

At the final 24-month follow-up, 75% of CCF patients achieved fusion versus 33% of ACDF patients. Fewer Reoperations within 24 Months: The need for revision surgery was more than ten times lower in ...

According to results in a recently published study, patients who underwent posterior cervical fusion were observed to have low reoperation rates, similar to the historical reoperation rates for ...

As many as 1 in 5 people have complications from ACDF surgery, but severe side effects are rare. Most people fully recover within 6–8 weeks, but some may need another surgery. Anterior cervical ...

When it comes to neck pain, surgery is usually a last resort. Doctors try medicine, physical therapy, and other treatments before suggesting an operation. But it might be the right choice if your ...

With the opioid epidemic front of mind for ambulatory surgery center leaders, a study in the International Journal of Spine Surgery researched if hospital surgery centers or ASCs prescribed more ...

Additionally, hospital patients consumed greater average doses of fentanyl and oxycodone. “This study demonstrates that patients undergoing same-day surgery for primary one- or two-level ACDF received ...