Is anterior cervical discectomy and fusion superior to corpectomy and fusion for treatment of multilevel cervical spondylotic myelopathy? A systemic review and meta-analysis.

<h4>Objective</h4>Both anterior cervical discectomy with fusion (ACDF) and anterior cervical corpectomy with fusion (ACCF) are used to treat cervical spondylotic myelopathy (CSM), however, there is considerable controversy as to whether ACDF or ACCF is the optimal treatment for this cond...

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Published in:PLoS ONE
Main Authors: Ying-Chao Han, Zhu-Qing Liu, Shan-Jin Wang, Li-Jun Li, Jun Tan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Online Access:https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0087191&type=printable