Clinical and Radiological Outcome in a Series of Patients Treated by Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion: Retrospective Controlled Study With 2 Different Stand-Alone Cages.

Background: Cervical spine balance and alignment targets after cervical spine surgery are poorly established in patients with cervical spine degenerative disease surgically treated by anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF). The objective of the study is to determine the correlation between radiological and clinical outcomes in patients surgically treated by ACDF with 2 different stand-alone cervical cages.

Methods: Clinical outcomes were evaluated using visual analog scale (VAS), Neck Disability Index (NDI), Nurick Scale, and Japanese Orthopedic Association score for myelopathy.

Minimally Invasive Surgical Technique for the Management of Giant Dumbbell Spinal Schwannoma.

Background:  Completely extradural spinal schwannomas have a unique morphology (dumbbell tumors) with an intra- and extraspinal component. When they compromise two contiguous vertebral bodies or have an extraspinal extension >2.5 cm, they are classified as giant spinal schwannomas.