A new study in The Spine Journal examines the failure rate and long-term outcomes for patients who receive single- or multi-level anterior cervical discectomy and fusions.
Researchers examined the MarketScan database on ACDF procedures performed 2006 to 2010 and found that perioperative complications were more common among multilevel procedures. Additional findings include:
• 30 days postoperatively, patients who received multilevel ACDF were 1.6 times more likely to undergo revision surgery.
• Two years postoperatively, single-level ACDF patients had a revision rate of 9.13 percent
• Two years postoperatively, multilevel ACDF patients had a 10.7 percent revision rate.
• Patients undergoing single-level ACDF reported higher rates of postoperative cervical epidural steroid injections.
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