Single level anterior cervical discectomy and fusion in multilevel herniated disc, a case report.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

In managing cervical disc herniation, several treatment options are available. Anterior cervical decompression and fusion (ACDF) remain the gold standard in symptomatic cervical disc herniation. However, multilevel ACDF could diminish the motion of the segment. We planned to salvage the movement by only using single-level ACDF in our patient and osteophyte removal to reduce compression caused by spurs formation related to the herniated nucleus.

Methods

A male patient, 43 years old, came with a chief complaint of neck pain three months ago. The pain was intermittent, radiated into both hands. There was midline tenderness, and his sensation was decreased from the level of C5 below. We managed to diagnose the patient with Cervical Herniated Disc (CHD) using MRI and

SUBMITTER: Tobing SD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7779959 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature