concluded that anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) using a self-locking standalone cage (ROI-C) is a "safe and viable" option for patients aged 80 years, on the basis of the absence of statistically significant differences in complications, fusion, or recovery between age groups 1.However, both the statistical reasoning and the broader evidence base indicate that this conclusion should be interpreted with caution.
Abudayeh et al. (Thu,) studied this question.