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Does the use of anterior cervical plates improve fusion rates and clinical results in patients undergoing anterior cervical decompression and fusion?
Does the use of anterior cervical plates improve fusion rates and clinical results in patients undergoing anterior cervical decompression and fusion?
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Anterior cervical plates improve fusion rates and clinical outcomes in multi-level cervical fusions, though complications like hardware failure and adjacent segment ossification remain.
Twenty-two young adult patients with femoral-neck fractures fitting the following criteria were evaluated. All patients (1) were between twenty and forty years old, (2) had clinical and follow-up roentgenograms at least twelve months after the injury, (3) incurred fracture of the neck of the femur through normal bone, and (4) did not incur a stress fracture. The incidence of non-union was 59 per cent (thirteen of twenty-two patients) and of avascular necrosis, 86 per cent (nineteen of twenty-two patients). Evaluation of patients and results are discussed.
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