Functional outcome of locking standalone cage and anterior cervical plating with titanium disc cage after anterior carpectomy discectomy and fusion in degenerative cervical disease

Abstract

Recently, there has been a rise in the use of the locking stand-alone cages (LSC), which does not require an anterior plate.4
It has found that disc titanium cages pose a substantial risk of hardware related complications such as screws or plate dislodgement, soft tissue injury, tracheoesophageal lesions, dysphagia. The reported rate of transient dysphagia ranges from 2% to 67%. After obtaining written informed consent, inpatient of Department of Orthopaedics fulfilling the inclusion and exclusion criteria. Demographic data, history, clinical examination and details of investigations and interventions will be recorded in the study proforma. In the post-operative period, the Robinson’s criteria showed that among the 15 patients who underwent ACDF with LSC, 5 patients came under the “Good” category and 10 came under the “Fair” category. Among the 15 patients who underwent ACDF with APC, 8 patients came under the “Good” category and 7 patients came under the “Fair” category