The surgical outcome of multilevel anterior cervical discectomy and fusion in myelopathic elderly and younger patients

Abstract The elderly population has an increased risk of degenerative cervical myelopathy due to multilevel disease, causing motor and sensory dysfunctions and a poor quality of life. Multilevel anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) is an alternative surgical treatment option, but has a per...

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Main Authors: Chi-An Luo, Austin Samuel Lim, Meng-Ling Lu, Ping-Yeh Chiu, Po-Liang Lai, Chi-Chien Niu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-03-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-08243-8