Failed Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Arthrodesis. Analysis and Treatment of Thirty-five Patients* by THOMAS A. ZDEBLICK, STEVEN S. HUGHES, K. DANIEL.
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Failed Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Arthrodesis. Analysis and Treatment of Thirty-five Patients*
by THOMAS A. ZDEBLICK, STEVEN S. HUGHES, K. DANIEL RIEW, and HENRY H. BOHLMAN
Fig. 2-B: Two years after the revision, which was performed at the age of forty-three years, a solid fusion was seen at the level between the fifth and sixth cervical vertebrae.
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Fig. 3-C Computed tomography scan made with contrast medium, showing that the dowel graft had been impacted into the spinal canal, flattening the spinal cord (arrowhead).
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Fig. 3-D Radiograph made after hemicorpectomies of the bodies of the fifth and sixth cervical vertebrae, performed at the age of thirty-nine years with use of a high-speed burr to ensure
complete decompression of the canal.
THOMAS A. ZDEBLICK et al. J Bone Joint Surg Am 1997;79:523-32
Fig. 4-B Computed tomography scan made with contrast medium, showing the posterior position of the osteophyte (arrowhead) and the resulting compression of the spinal cord.
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Fig. 4-D Radiograph made after fibular strut-grafting and corpectomies of the fourth, fifth, and sixth cervical vertebrae, performed at the age of fifty-two years, which resulted in a solid union
and relief of the symptoms.
THOMAS A. ZDEBLICK et al. J Bone Joint Surg Am 1997;79:523-32