Anterior Cervical Discectomy Fusion: Cervical PEEK Cage vs Dynamic Cervical Implant
October 2020
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International Journal of Medical Arts (Print)
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Studysummary This study found that for anterior cervical discectomy fusion in patients with degenerative cervical disc disease, the PEEK cage resulted in greater pain reduction, while the dynamic cervical implant maintained a slightly better range of motion. Our plain-language summary of this paper — not a Tressless recommendation.
The study conducted by Mohammed Ahmed Alhady and Mohamed Hassan from the Department of Neurosurgery, Damietta Faculty of Medicine, Al-Azhar University, Egypt, compared the outcomes of using a cervical poly-etherether-ketone (PEEK) cage and a dynamic cervical implant (DCI) for anterior cervical discectomy fusion (ACDF) in 50 patients with degenerative disk disease. The results showed that the PEEK cage was associated with a significantly higher mean percentage of pain reduction (81.93±7.07) compared to the DCI group (66.23±11.48). However, the DCI group had a slightly better range of motion postoperatively. Both groups had comparable global range of motion and any complications were mild and treated conservatively.
