ACDF or anterior cervical discectomy and fusion or Cervical ADR or artificial disc replacement is considered when a patient has a bulging cervical disc. The prolapsed disc causes compression of either the spinal cord causing dysfunction of the spinal cord
Basic Preoperative Procedures
So you’ve been advised surgery. This is often a scary thought and the process itself is daunting with navigating hospitals and insurance providers, family and the healthcare workers. The preoperative period at least from a surgeons perspective is to identify
Cleanliness is next to impossible
“Cleanliness is next to godliness.” – John Wesley A bad joke about the brand of povidone iodine scrub that I like to use got me thinking on how we prevent infections during surgery. Covid, of course, brought out an astronomical
Decisions, decisions…
What makes a doctor come to a conclusion about a diagnosis and a treatment? What determines the need for a surgery or whether some other modality of treatment is an option?Is surgical decision making binary? The internet is a scary