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SURGICAL TREATMENT OF CERVICAL DEGENERATIVE DISC DISEASE WITH
MYELORADICULOPATHY: TWO-LEVEL ANTERIOR DISCECTOMY VERSUS ONE LEVEL ANTERIOR
CORPECTOMY
Istanbul Spine CenterFlorence Nightingale Hospital
Istanbul-TURKEY
Ahmet ALANAY, MD
Kursat GANIYUSUFOGLU, MD
Selhan KARADERELER, MD
Mehmet AYDOGAN, MD
Cagatay OZTURK, MD
Azmi HAMZAOGLU, MD
PURPOSE The aim of this retrospective study is to compare two
fusion techniques with reference to perioperative and
radiological parameters and clinical outcomes.
MATERIALS & METHODS74 patients having surgery due to 2-level cervical
spondylotic myeloradiculopathy
Surgery;ACDF (two contiguous levels)
ACCF (single level including 2 disc spaces)
MATERIALS & METHODS
The perioperative parameters
Hospitalization
Blood loss
Operation times
Complications
The radiologic parameters
Cervical lordosis
Fusion rate
The clinical parameters
Visual Analog Scale
[VAS] scores of neck
and arm pain
RESULTSACDF ACCF
# of patients 47 27Mean age (y) 53.7 55.3
Male to Female ratio 21/26 11/16Mean F/U (m) 48.4 51.2