Preliminary experience of carbon fibre cage prostheses for treatment of cervical spine disorders

Preliminary experience of carbon fibre cage prostheses for treatment of cervical spine disorders

The objective of this study was to assess the technical feasibility, and the clinical and radiological results of interbody fusion with a carbon fibre cage following anterior cervical discectomy. Nineteen consecutive patients, eight male and 11 female, with an age range from 28 to 75 years (mean 45)...

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Published in:British journal of neurosurgery Vol. 11; no. 3; pp. 221 - 227
Main Authors: BROOKE, N. S. R, RORKE, A. W, KING, A. T, GULLAN, R. W
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Abingdon Informa UK Ltd 1997
Taylor & Francis
Subjects:
Adult
Aged
Biological and medical sciences
Carbon
Cervical Vertebrae - diagnostic imaging
Cervical Vertebrae - surgery
Diskectomy
Feasibility Studies
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Key Words: Carbon Fibre Cage, Cervical Fusion
Male
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Orthopedic surgery
Postoperative Complications
Prostheses and Implants
Radiography
Spinal Fusion - instrumentation
Spinal Osteophytosis - surgery
Surgery (general aspects). Transplantations, organ and tissue grafts. Graft diseases
Treatment Outcome
Human
Cage
Melting
Surgical equipment
Prosthesis
Anterior
Vertebral body
Ablation
Treatment
Surgery
Technique
Intervertebral disk
Carbon fiber
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Summary:The objective of this study was to assess the technical feasibility, and the clinical and radiological results of interbody fusion with a carbon fibre cage following anterior cervical discectomy. Nineteen consecutive patients, eight male and 11 female, with an age range from 28 to 75 years (mean 45) underwent anterior cervical discectomy and interbody fusion with a carbon fibre cage at one or two levels. Subjective assessment of symptomatic improvement and radiological assessment of cervical spine alignment and stability was made. All complications were recorded. The procedure was technically feasible. There was no increased morbidity and the length of procedure was no longer when compared with the similar operation but using tricorticate bone graft. All patients initially lost their radicular symptoms and the patients with myelopathy had subjective improvements of their symptoms. Fourteen of the 17 patients with neck pain showed some improvement. Bony fusion was achieved in all cases.
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ISSN:0268-8697
1360-046X
DOI:10.1080/02688699746285