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Is it really necessary to use a cervical collar following cervical fusion?

April 26, 2017cervical collar Fusion necessary

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Is it really necessary to use a cervical collar following cervical fusion?

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Traditionally, ACDF without instrumentation has usually been treated postoperatively with the use of a rigid cervical collar. One advantage of ACDF with instrumentation is that most surgeons do not require the use of a rigid cervical collar postoperatively. A surgeon who recently studied 170 of his patients who underwent ACDF without instrumentation and without the use of a rigid cervical collar feels that outcomes are similar to published outcomes of ACDF with instrumentation.