Cervical Radiculopathy

According to published results, ambulatory care was noninferior to overnight hospital surveillance for functional outcomes at 6 months among patients who underwent anterior cervical decompression and fusion for cervical radiculopathy.

With comparable outcomes at 2 years, posterior cervical foraminotomy may be an effective alternative to anterior cervical discectomy and fusion for patients with cervical radiculopathy, according to published results.

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Posterior cervical foraminotomy was noninferior to anterior cervical discectomy with fusion in success rate and arm pain at 1 year in patients with cervical radiculopathy, researchers reported in JAMA Neurology.

Use of an artificial cervical disc from Spinal Kinetics LLC in the treatment of degenerative cervical radiculopathy was safe, effective and noninferior compared with anterior cervical discectomy and fusion, according to published results.

A systematic review of clinical and safety outcomes found no superior surgical intervention for pure cervical radiculopathy without myelopathy, according to published results.