What is it about?
Ant cervical discectomy is all about removing of a herniated soft tissue fragment and preserving the motion of the spinal segment Most central and paracentral disc herniation in the cervical spine warrant anterior cervical discectomy and fusion as a gold standard but loss of motion segment results in adjescent disc disease
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Why is it important?
This technique is exquisitely beautiful As the entire surgery can be done with less than 1 mL of blood loss and you have the preservation of the rest of the cervical disc,full freedom of movement,rapid return to work and same day discharge from the hospital.
Perspectives
The future of cervical disc herniation is not in ACDF but in endoscopic discectomy with all its gains and none of the minuses
Malcolm Pestonji
MGM Medical College
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This page is a summary of: Anterior Endoscopic Cervical Discectomy, October 2021, Bentham Science Publishers,
DOI: 10.2174/9789814998635121010008.
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