We placed 3.5-mm lateral mass screws of appropriate length in the prepared holes at C5, C6 and C7 bilaterally. Finally, 3.5-mm titanium rods of appropriate length were bent to fit C5 to C7 ...

Texas Rangers slugger Prince Fielder had cervical fusion of the C5-C6 discs in his neck on Tuesday in Dallas. As the club indicated last week, he's expected to miss the rest of the 2014 season.

Early results from the first U.S. investigational device exemption trial investigating cervical total disc replacement adjacent to a prior anterior cervical discectomy and fusion show clinical ...

Dear Dr Please advise which one is more serious from my MRI Scan: There is ankylosed fusion noted at the C7/T1 levelswith features suggestiveod fusion at the C6/C7 level as well. The alignment is ...

When a structural bone graft is used, determine whether it is an allograft (20931) or an autograft (20938). The bone graft codes are only reported one time per procedure and not once for each level.

In anterior cervical fusion procedures, the procedure is performed through an incision on the front of the neck just to the side, to avoid the trachea, esophagus and thyroid gland. There was a major ...

Test the biceps reflex (C5), brachioradialis reflex (C6), triceps reflex (C7), patella reflex (L4), and ankle reflex (S1) by striking each tendon with a reflex hammer. Note the symmetry of the ...