ACDF: Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion - Spine-health
Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) is a type of neck surgery that involves removing a damaged disc to relieve spinal cord or nerve root pressure and alleviate corresponding pain, weakness, numbness, and tingling.
Cervical Spinal Fusion: What to Expect at Home - Kaiser Permanente
Cervical spinal fusion is surgery that joins two or more of the vertebrae in your neck. It made your neck more stable. After surgery, you can expect your neck to feel stiff and sore.
ACDF (Anterior Cervical Discectomy & Fusion) Surgery - Cleveland Clinic
2024年2月18日 · ACDF (anterior cervical discectomy and fusion) surgery is a procedure that relieves pain caused by pinched nerves in your neck. A surgeon will remove the disk between your affected bones, and then weld (fuse) them together.
Spinal Fusion: What It Is, Purpose, Procedure, Risks & Recovery
2023年8月3日 · Spinal fusion surgery is a procedure that links two vertebrae in your back so that they no longer move independently of each other. This can stabilize your back structure and reduce symptoms like pain, numbness or weakness in body areas further down. But spinal fusion surgery isn’t a magic cure.
Spinal fusion - Mayo Clinic
2022年12月28日 · When spinal fusion is done from the back of the neck, this is known as posterior cervical fusion. Rods and screws are used to hold the bones together. Sometimes, surgery on the spinal bones of the neck occurs from the front. In the example shown, a damaged disk is removed, a bone graft is inserted, and plates and screws hold the bones together.
Spinal & Cervical Fusion Surgery: Purpose, Procedure, Risks ... - WebMD
2023年9月24日 · Spinal fusion is surgery to join two or more vertebrae into one single structure. The goal is to stop movement between the two bones and prevent back pain. Once they’re fused, they no longer ...
What to Expect from ACDF Surgery - Verywell Health
2022年7月12日 · Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) is a type of spine surgery used for the treatment of neck or arm pain caused by cervical radiculopathy. This surgery involves the removal of a protruding disc from the spine for relief of …
ACDF Surgery Procedure - Spine-health
Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) is a surgical procedure performed to alleviate neck pain and neurological symptoms by removing a damaged cervical disc and fusing adjacent vertebrae. ACDF involves the removal of a damaged disc followed by …
Anterior Cervical Discectomy & Fusion - USC Spine
Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion is the most common neck surgery performed by spine surgeons. It is performed to remove a portion of the intervertebral disc, the herniated or protruding portion that is compressing the spinal cord and nerve root.
ACDF Surgery: Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion - HSS
2022年8月1日 · Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) is a common treatment of disc herniations, myelopathy and other problems arising in the cervical spine (the bones of the neck between the base of the skull and the top of the chest).