An 11-Year-Long Analysis of the Risks Associated With Age in Patients Undergoing Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion in a Large, Urban Academic Hospital.

Justin E TangJonathan S GalEric A Geng Akiro H DueyPierce FerriterRyan SicardBashar ZaidatSteven GirdlerHannah RheeIvan ZapolskyPaul Al-AttarJonathan MarkowitzJun KimSamuel Cho

Published in: Global spine journal (2023)

Octogenarian patients do not face much riskier outcomes following elective ACDF procedures than do younger elderly patients. Age alone should not be used to screen patients for ACDF.

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