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. 1986;15(7):556-9.
doi: 10.1007/BF00361055.

Roentgenographic findings following anterior cervical fusion

D R Gore, G M Gardner, S B Sepic, M P Murray

Roentgenographic findings following anterior cervical fusion

D R Gore et al. Skeletal Radiol. 1986.

Abstract

We reviewed the pre- and postoperative lateral cervical roentgenograms in 90 patients who had anterior fusions and compared their findings with age and sex-matched people without neck problems. The average interval from surgery to review was 5 years. Preoperatively, all patients had a higher incidence of degenerative spondylosis at the levels to be fused than their asymptomatic counterparts. Postoperatively, there was no difference in the incidence of degenerative change between the operated and the control group at the levels above and below the fusion with the exception of anterior osteophyte formation which was more frequent in those with fusions.

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