HIGHLIGHTS
- who: Haiming Jin et al. from the (UNIVERSITY) have published the paper: Osteophyte formation causes neurological symptoms after anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF): A case report, in the Journal: (JOURNAL)
- what: The authors present a unique case of a large osteophyte that developed after ACDF.
SUMMARY
Theoretically, the fusion of the vertebrae in the spine will increase stress loads and strains at the adjacent segments, which could result in the development of osteophytes in the segments adjacent to the fused vertebrae. Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) is a routinely . . .
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