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Comparison between NADF and CCF for decompression of multilevel cervical spondylopathy

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March 2013

Comparison between NADF and CCF for decompression of multilevel cervical spondylopathy

Vol: 2| Issue: 2| Number:173| ISSN#: 2564-2537
Study Type:Therapy
OE Level Evidence:2
Journal Level of Evidence:N/A

Noncontiguous anterior decompression and fusion for multilevel cervical spondylotic myelopathy: A prospective randomized control clinical study

Eur Spine J. 2010 May;19(5):713-9.

Contributing Authors:
XF Lian JG Xu BF Zeng W Zhou WQ Kong TS Hou

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105 patients with multilevel cervical spondylotic myelopathy were randomized to be treated with either noncontiguous anterior decompression and fusion (NADF) or with contiguous corpectomies and fusion (CCF) to determine any potential differences in the clinical and radiographic outcomes, invasiveness, fusion rates, and the complication rates. The results suggested that NADF was superior for measur...

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