Comparing Clinical and Radiographic Outcomes Between the Self-locking Stand-alone Cage and Conventional Cage-plate Construct: A Five-year Retrospective Cohort Study.

Study Design/setting: A retrospective cohort study.

Objective: To evaluate the clinical efficacy of the self-locking stand-alone (SA) cage and conventional cage-plate construct (CPC) in treating degenerative cervical spondylosis with a five-year follow-up.

Summary Of Background Data: The SA approach was designed to reduce complications associated with traditional anterior cervical discectomy and fusion.