Management of Cervical Myelopathy Secondary to Retroodontoid Masses Transoral Resection versus Dorsal Decompression and Fusion Paul Kraemer Rick C. Sasso Cervical myelopathy secondary to spinal cord compression at C2 is…
Ventral Cervical Plating: Dynamic versus Static Debate Raqeeb Haque Maxwell Boakye Michael G. Kaiser Brian Y. Hwang Regis W. Haid Jr. Ventral cervical fusion was developed in the 1950s and…
Dynamic versus Static Plates Debate: Dynamic Plates Are Better Pierce D. Nunley BACKGROUND Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) is one of the most commonly performed cervical spine procedures by…
Postoperative Airway Obstruction: When to Keep Intubated and the Use of Steroids Nicholas Renaldo Jeff S. Silber Jared F. Brandoff Todd J. Albert Postoperative airway obstruction is a potentially lifethreatening…
Management of Postoperative Infections: Inflow and Outflow Drains, Antibiotic Beads, and Vacuum-assisted Closure Steven C. Ludwig Joseph K. Lee Significant advancements have been made in spinal instrumentation for the treatment…
Intraoperative Vertebral Artery Injury—Pack Off, Tie, Repair, or Embolize Alex Gitelman Rahul Basho Jeffrey C. Wang Iatrogenic vertebral artery injury in cervical spine surgery is a rare, but potentially life-threatening,…
Persistent Dysphagia: Remove Plate versus Wait Kern Singh Justin Munns Daniel K. Park Persistent dysphagia following cervical spine surgery represents a common yet challenging complication. Dysphagia is defined as difficulty…
Postoperative C5 Root Palsy: Immediate Decompression versus Waiting Thomas E. Mroz Michael P. Steinmetz Perhaps one of the more frustrating complications of either ventral or dorsal subaxial surgery involving the…
Esophageal Perforation: Immediate versus Delayed Repair Rahul Basho Alex Gitelman Jeffrey C. Wang In the United States, more than 500,000 anterior cervical discectomy and fusions were performed from 1990 to…
Postoperative Infection Andrew J. Schoenfeld Steven R. Garfin Christopher M. Bono In spite of an increased understanding regarding the use of perioperative antibiotics and advances in surgical techniques, postoperative infection…
