[Surgical technique of anterior cervical instrumented fusion.]

Authors are presenting their results of anterior cervical instrumented fusion technique on group of 39 patients who were operated on in traumatic and degenerative indications.They present a 97 % fusion rate with minimal complications. Decompression of neural tissues, meticulous shaping of the tricortical autologous bone graft and respecting the physiological alignment of the cervical spine are presented as the most important steps. Application of the Morscher cervical plate is helpful, since it decreases postoperative neck immobilization in orthosis and increases the fusion rate. Key words: anterior instrumented cervical fusion, autologous bone graft, cervical plate.