Technical evolution and short-term outcomes of minimally invasive versus conventional open anterior cervical discectomy and fusion: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Zihua Ding, Jichen Liu, Haishan Xu, Yang Liu, Shaowei Xu, Zhen Wang · 2026
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Description
Neck surgery from the front — disc out, bones fused — heals well but the road in can bruise throat and nerve. Zihua Ding and five co-authors trace how smaller roads evolved in 2026, and race them against the open way. The line runs from scope-aided mini cuts to full camera work through a straw.
Studies that compare the ways head-to-head feed the pooled sums; lone reports fill the tale of the craft's growth. Short-term scores are the stake: pain, blood, days in ward, and early snags. The review was run by the standard reporting rules. A patient choosing a road in deserves both the history and the score sheet, and that pair is the offer.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Zihua Ding, Jichen Liu, Haishan Xu, Yang Liu, Shaowei Xu, Zhen Wang |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 28 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |