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Efficacy and Safety of an Absorbable Cervical Cage with and Without Plating: A Multicenter Case Study

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The objective of the present study is to evaluate the clinical results of a synthetic composite cervical cage (TCP/PLLA) in anterior cervical interbody fusion (ACF). The study subjects were 89 consecutive patients who underwent single or multi-level anterior cervical discectomy and fusion with a Duocage® (SBM, Lourdes, France) absorbable cage, with or without plate fixation. This case study shows that the fusion of the Duocage® is excellent with stables dynamic X-rays for 98.0 % of the operated levels, with a good resorption, and without any clinical inflammatory reaction, at latest follow-up. The functional results and the return to activities are also good. As well, this study confirms that patients with a fixation plate have better outcomes in terms of functional results and pain, when operated on several levels, and also in terms of migration and loss of disc height, whatever the number of operated levels.

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  1. Department of Orthopedic and Traumatology Spine Surgery, Hopital Pellegrin, Bordeaux, France

    Louis Boissiere MD & Stephane Aunoble MD

  2. Department of Neurosurgery, Clinique de l’Union, Toulouse, France

    Benoît de Germay MD

  3. Ortho-Spine Department, Surgical Research Laboratory, Bordeaux University Hospital, Bordeaux, France

    Jean-Charles Le Huec MD, PhD

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Boissiere, L., de Germay, B., Aunoble, S., Le Huec, JC. (2016). Efficacy and Safety of an Absorbable Cervical Cage with and Without Plating: A Multicenter Case Study. In: Poitout, D. (eds) Biomechanics and Biomaterials in Orthopedics. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84882-664-9_34

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