Fusion Assessment, Reoperation Rates, and Imaging Modality Agreement after Four-Level Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion: A Retrospective Single-Center Study
Bruno Verna, Pedro Rocha Torres, Tom Folkerts, Julia Wimmer, Anna-Maria Mielke, Steven M Maurer, Jiaqi Zhu, Jennifer Shue, Marco D Burkhard, Andrew A Sama, Frank P Cammisa, Alexander P Hughes, Federico P Girardi · 2026
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Bruno Verna and co-authors audit how reliably four-level neck fusions heal and how well imaging methods agree on the verdict. Their 2026 single-center study reviews patients who had front-of-neck disc removal and fusion across four levels, with imaging follow-up of at least two years. Fusion was judged by a ladder of methods, CT first, then bending X-rays, then plain films.
Imaging existed for 152 patients, and 140 reached the twelve-month check. By then about eighty-one percent had fused. Early fusion by six to twelve months reached seventy percent. Failed fusion usually involved one level, most often the lowest. About eight percent needed another operation within two years. Agreement statistics compare the three imaging routes head to head.
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| CREATOR | Bruno Verna, Pedro Rocha Torres, Tom Folkerts, Julia Wimmer, Anna-Maria Mielke, Steven M Maurer, Jiaqi Zhu, Jennifer Shue, Marco D Burkhard, Andrew A Sama, Frank P Cammisa, Alexander P Hughes, Federico P Girardi |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 39 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |