Anterior bone loss: A common phenomenon which should be considered as bone remodeling process existed not only in patients underwent cervical disk replacement but also those with anterior cervical diskectomy and fusion.
Yifei DengBeiyu WangYing HongYi YangRong XingXiaofei WangHao LiuPublished in: European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society (2023)
ABL should be considered as a common phenomenon that both CDR and ACDF owned a non-progressive process which confined in one year. ABL would result in a higher incidence of subsidence. Luckily, this phenomenon does not have an effect on postoperative clinical and fusion rate.