Locking standalone cage and anterior cervical plating with titanium disc cage in degenerative cervical disease comparision of vas scores

Abstract

Clinical symptoms of cervical radiculopathy include radiating pain and paresthesia along the distribution of a nerve root, often associated with sensory loss and motor dysfunction. Radiculopathy often affects the cervical nerve root segments 4 to 8, resulting in well-recognized clinical syndromes. Patient were divided into two groups as surgeon choice, first group includes 15 patients who had been managed with anterior cervical plate with titanium cage. The second group included 15 patients who had been managed with
locking standalone cage. The anterior cervical approach was used. The cartilaginous end plates of the upper and lower end plates were removed after inter body distraction under microscopic view. The removal of the posterior osteophytes was associated with the incision of the posterior longitudinal ligament. The test results demonstrated the mean Visual analogue scores at different time intervals for both the implant groups i.e. locking standalone cage and anterior cervical plate with disc cage groups, the mean VAS scores at pre-op period was 8.12 ± 0.99 for the LSC group and 7.53±0.74 for the APC group. In the post-operative period it was 4.47 ± 1.18 in the LSC group and 4.07±0.26 in the APC group. At 3 months post op, the mean VAS score was 3.47 ± 1.19 in the LSC group and 4.0±0.38 in the APC group, at 6 Months was 3.20±1.21 in the LSC group and 3.47±0.52 in the APC group and at 1 year post op
period, it was 2.87 ± 1.06 in the LSC group and 2.87±0.52 in the APC group.