Spine Surgery: Instrumented Anterior Cervical Discectomy, Fusion (ACDF)

This neck surgery animation allows an inside look into an Anterior Cervical Discectomy, Fusion (ACDF), in which a section of the a ruptured disc is removed in patients with spinal stenosis to remove pressure on nerves from disc herniations. A bone graft is usually inserted with instrumentation to keep the disc space at a normal height and fuse the vertebrae above and below the removed disc.

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