Biomaterial Database

Anterior cervical discectomy with and without fusion. 1977

S B Dunsker

Operative treatment of the diseased cervical disc can be effectively and efficiently performed by the anterior approach with or without interbody fusion. Good results are not related to effecting a fusion or to any inherent advantages of either technique, but only to removal of the pathological anatomy. Whether or not an interbody fusion is performed is related to the extent of the bone removed, and probably most importantly, to the preference of each individual surgeon.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007403	Intervertebral Disc	Any of the 23 plates of fibrocartilage found between the bodies of adjacent VERTEBRAE.	Disk, Intervertebral,Intervertebral Disk,Disc, Intervertebral,Discs, Intervertebral,Disks, Intervertebral,Intervertebral Discs,Intervertebral Disks
D008722	Methods	A series of steps taken in order to conduct research.	Techniques,Methodological Studies,Methodological Study,Procedures,Studies, Methodological,Study, Methodological,Method,Procedure,Technique
D002574	Cervical Vertebrae	The first seven VERTEBRAE of the SPINAL COLUMN, which correspond to the VERTEBRAE of the NECK.	Cervical Spine,Cervical Spines,Spine, Cervical,Vertebrae, Cervical
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D013122	Spinal Diseases	Diseases involving the SPINE.	Disease, Spinal,Diseases, Spinal,Spinal Disease
D013123	Spinal Fusion	Operative immobilization or ankylosis of two or more vertebrae by fusion of the vertebral bodies with a short bone graft or often with diskectomy or laminectomy. (From Blauvelt & Nelson, A Manual of Orthopaedic Terminology, 5th ed, p236; Dorland, 28th ed)	Spondylodesis,Spondylosyndesis,Fusion, Spinal,Fusions, Spinal,Spinal Fusions,Spondylodeses,Spondylosyndeses