Adjacent segment mobility after ACDF considering fusion status at the implant insertion site.
Bartosz GodlewskiAdam K BębenekMaciej DominiakMarcin BochniakPiotr CieslikTomasz PawełczykPublished 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)
The mobility of the adjacent segment below the implant insertion site was significantly increased at 12 months post-ACDF surgery. The range of this compensatory hypermobility was significantly greater in patients with complete fusion at the ACDF site than in cases of pseudoarthrosis. Implant subsidence was not associated with mobility changes in the segments directly above or directly below the site of ACDF surgery.