Pseudarthrosis of the cervical spine after anterior arthrodesis

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Treatment by posterior nerve-root decompression, stabilization, and arthrodesis. Farey-ID; McAfee-PC; Davis-RF; Long-DM Dep of Orthopedic Surgery, Johns Hopkins Hospital University J-Bone-Joint-Surg-Am. 1990 Sep; 72(8): 1171-7 Nineteen consecutive patients who had a symptomatic pseudarthrosis after a failed anterior cervical arthrodesis were treated by a posterior nerve-root decompression and arthrodesis. The indications for the operation were radiculopathy in the absence of myelopathy and evidence of a pseudarthrosis on lateral flexion and extension radiographs. The average duration of follow-up was forty-four months (range, twenty-four to fifty-four months). A solid fusion was achieved in all patients, and the radiculopathy was relieved in all but one. The motor weakness that had been present in four patients preoperatively resolved completely.