Anterior Cervical Fusion with Cervical Spine Locking Plate System

1996 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 52 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heui Jeon Park ◽  
Jung Ho Rah ◽  
Yeo Seung Yoon
Keyword(s):  
Cervical Spine ◽  
Locking Plate ◽  
Anterior Cervical Fusion ◽  
Cervical Fusion ◽  
Locking Plate System ◽  
Plate System

Use of cylindrical titanium mesh and locking plates in anterior cervical fusion

2001 ◽  
Vol 94 (1) ◽  
pp. 174-178 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kaushik Das ◽  
William T. Couldwell ◽  
Gerard Sava ◽  
Rudolph F. Tadonio
Keyword(s):  
Cervical Spine ◽  
Iliac Crest ◽  
Locking Plate ◽  
Anterior Cervical Fusion ◽  
Cervical Fusion ◽  
Titanium Mesh ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Locking Plate System ◽  
Fine Print

✓ After performing anterior cervical corpectomy or discectomy for cervical spondolytic myelopathy or radiculopathy, iliac crest bone graft and fibular auto- or allograft is often used to achieve arthrodesis in the cervical spine. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the use of a cylindrical titanium mesh and locking plate system as an alternative technique in achieving anterior cervical fusion and maintaining lordosis. Hospital records and radiographs of 38 patients who underwent anterior cervical discectomies (28 patients) or corpectomies (10 patients) from 1995 to 1997 were reviewed retrospectively. All patients had undergone arthrodesis in which autograft and a cylindrical titanium mesh and anterior locking plate fixation were used after discectomy or corpectomy. There were 20 men and 18 women (mean age 46.1 years; range 34–72 years). Presenting symptoms included radiculopathy (61%), myelopathy (37%), and neck pain (2%). Preoperative and postoperative radiographs were studied, and data were obtained on the following: overall lordosis or kyphosis of the cervical spine, segmental lordosis or kyphosis at each surgically treated level, and evidence of fusion. In all of the patients in whom lordosis was present preoperatively, lordosis was maintained during the follow-up period. The overall fusion rate was 100%. The average change in overall lordosis or kyphosis related to the fixation devices was 1.2° (range 1–5°); the average segmental change was 2.3° (range 0–5°); and the mean follow up was 16 months (range 12–36 months). Anterior cervical fusion with cylindrical titanium mesh and cervical locking plate system is an effective method of achieving arthrodesis and maintaining alignment in the cervical spine. The construct may provide additional load-sharing function, and it avoids the use of cadaveric bone or the need for harvesting tricortical iliac crest autograft.

Anterior Cervical Fusion With the Orion Locking Plate System

Spine ◽  
1998 ◽  
Vol 23 (16) ◽  
pp. 1796-1802 ◽  
Author(s):  
Volkmar Heidecke ◽  
Nikolai G. Rainov ◽  
Winfried Burkert
Keyword(s):  
Locking Plate ◽  
Anterior Cervical Fusion ◽  
Cervical Fusion ◽  
Locking Plate System ◽  
Plate System

The Synthes Cervical Spine Locking Plate and Screw System in Anterior Cervical Fusion

1994 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 86-91 ◽  
Author(s):  
Glenn R. Rechtine ◽  
David W. Cahill ◽  
Marcelo Gruenberg ◽  
Ann Marie Chrin
Keyword(s):  
Cervical Spine ◽  
Locking Plate ◽  
Anterior Cervical Fusion ◽  
Cervical Fusion

Anterior cervical fusion with the PCB™ cage-plate system

2004 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-26 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Volkan Aydin ◽  
Orhan Sen ◽  
Bulent Erdogan ◽  
Levent Sener ◽  
Hakan Caner ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Anterior Cervical Fusion ◽  
Cervical Fusion ◽  
Plate System
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