Results: 64 patients underwent ACDF+P as inpatients, while 45 underwent ACDF+P as outpatients. When outpatient surgery was planned, 17 patients were treated as inpatients due to medical ...

Park used an anterior cervical discectomy and fusion, or ACDF, to help. “‘Anterior’ means from the front, right? ‘Anterior.’ ‘Cervical’ means in the neck. ‘Discectomy’ means are ...

Cervical myelopathy is a condition that happens when the spinal cord in the neck is compressed or squeezed ... as an anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF). Your surgeon can recommend a ...

A central issue in consideration of inpatient vs. outpatient surgery for patients undergoing ACDF+P relates to the risk of postoperative hematoma, and the theoretical risk that diagnosis and ...