Operative treatment of cervical radiculopathy: anterior cervical decompression and fusion compared with posterior foraminotomy: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

Abstract Background Cervical radiculopathy is the most common disease in the cervical spine, affecting patients around 50–55 year of age. An operative treatment is common clinical praxis when non-operative treatment fails. The controversy is in the choice of operative treatment, conducting either an...

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Main Authors: Marek Holy, Anna MacDowall, Freyr Gauti Sigmundsson, Class Olerud
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-09-01
Series:Trials
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-021-05492-2