Korean J Spine.  2013 Jun;10(2):72-77. 10.14245/kjs.2013.10.2.72.

ACDF Using the Solis Cage with Iliac Bone Graft in Single Level: Clinical and Radiological Outcomes in Average 36 months Follow-up

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  • 1Department of Neurosurgery, Dankook University College of Medicine, Cheonan, Republic of Korea. spine1225@naver.com

Abstract


OBJECTIVE
To evaluate the utility of anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) with polyetheretherketone (PEEK) cage and autograft through long term(average 36 months) follow-up.
METHODS
Thirty selected patients (male:20/female:10) who suffered from cervical radiculopathy, myelopathy or radiculomyelopathy underwent a single level ACDF with PEEK cage and autograft from iliac crest from March 2006 to July 2008 in single institute. We followed patients for an average 36.4+/-8.1 months (ranged from 23 to 49 months). The Japanese Orthopedic Association (JOA) score for evaluation of myelopathy and visual analogue scale (VAS) for radiating pain was used to estimate postoperative clinical outcome. Plain x-ray on true lateral standing flexion, extension and neutral position view and 3D CT scan were used every 6 months after surgery during follow-up period.
RESULTS
The mean VAS and JOA scoring improved significantly after the surgery and radiological fusion rate was accomplished by 100% 36 months after the surgery. We had no complication related with the surgery except one case of osteomyelitis. There was one case of Grade I fusion, four cases of grade II, and 25 cases of grade III by radiologic evaluation.
CONCLUSION
This long term follow-up study for ACDF with PEEK cage shows that this surgical method is comparable with other anterior cervical fusion methods in terms of clinical outcomes and radiologic fusion rate.

Keyword

Anterior cervical fusion; PEEK cage

MeSH Terms

Asian Continental Ancestry Group
Biocompatible Materials
Dental Cements
Diskectomy
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Ketones
Orthopedics
Osteomyelitis
Polyethylene Glycols
Radiculopathy
Spinal Cord Diseases
Transplants
Biocompatible Materials
Dental Cements
Ketones
Polyethylene Glycols
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