Becker's ASC

ASCs hand out fewer narcotics after ACDF than hospital surgery centers, study finds

Additionally, hospital patients consumed greater average doses of fentanyl and oxycodone. “This study demonstrates that patients undergoing same-day surgery for primary one- or two-level ACDF received ...
Orthopedics This Week

Location, Location: Why Your ACDF Graft’s Real Estate Matters

Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) may be the most familiar play in the cervical spine playbook, but pseudarthrosis remains its most stubborn plot twist. Despite solid implants, pristine ...
Healio

Opioid use prior to discectomy, fusion may increase complications in older patients

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . CHICAGO — Prolonged opioid use prior to anterior cervical discectomy and fusion may increase the risk for ...
Morningstar

Landmark Clinical Study Published in Spine Demonstrates Superiority of Tissue-Sparing Circumferential Cervical Fusion Over ACDF Alone in Multilevel Cervical Fusion Surgery

"The publication of the FUSE study in Spine represents a major milestone for the field of cervical spine surgery," said Jeff Smith, CEO of Providence Medical Technology. "The science is clear: ...