Is a cervical collar after anterior cervical fusion with plating necessary?
Podium No: 412 Thursday, February 26, 2009 04:48 PM – 04:54 PM Location: Venetian Hotel Room 3105 Leah Yacat Carreon, MD Louisville KY Mitchell J Campbell, MD Louisville KY Vincent C Traynelis, MD Iowa City IA Paul A Anderson, MD Madison WI Moderator(s): Christian Ivan Fras, MD Haverford PA Susan E Stephens, MD Gates Mills OH Patients who were braced after ACDF with plating were compared to those who were not. Bracing after ACDF with plating does not improve clinical outcomes, fusion rates or return to work rates. Plates limit motion between the graft and the vertebra in anterior cervical fusion. Still, the use of cervical collars after instrumented anterior cervical fusion is widely practiced. This study evaluates whether the use of a cervical collar after anterior cervical fusion with plating increases the fusion rate and improves clinical outcomes. Patients enrolled in an FDA-regulated, multicenter trial in 32 centers treated with decompression and arthrodesis using allograft and an
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