Femoral Ring Allograft for Anterior Cervical Interbody Fusion: Technical Note

Abstract

The femoral ring allograft system is easy to use, and there have been no complications to date. The long-term fusion rate remains to be determined.

Cervical Spinal Locking Plate in Combination with Cortical Ring Allograft for a One Level Fusion in Dogs with Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy

“…We used a variation of the procedure described by Baskin et al 20,22 The specific cortical allograft used was a variation of the Smith and Robinson graft 23 . The Synthes ® Cervical Spine Locking Plate (CSLP; Synthes Spine, Paoli, PA) was used in these dogs.…”

151 Medtronic Allografts: Cervical/ALIF/PLIF/TLIF

“…Use of this system has been reported to increase efficiency and decrease length of the operation, while producing similar outcomes to other reported studies using allograft in ACDF procedures. 3 Since its initial description in the 1950s, anterior cervical diskectomy and fusion (ACDF) has become one of the most common procedures performed by spine surgeons. In 1955, Robinson and Smith 1 described their technique of cervical disk removal with curettes and pituitary rongeurs followed by placement of a tricortical rectangular iliac crest autograft into the intervertebral space.…”

Multilevel Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion for Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy

“…Allograft and iliac crest autograft are widely used interbody bone grafts during ACDF. 1,2,[29][30][31][32][33] Recently, interbody devices have been used successfully to maintain disc space height and to serve an osteoconductive role. 34,35 Using local bone autograft 34 or bone graft substitutes 35 along with an interbody device avoids complications associated with iliac crest harvest and allograft [29][30][31]36 ; however, in most of our cases (exclusive of corpectomy), allograft disc spacers remain the preferred method.…”