Anterior discectomy, microscopic decompression, and fusion: a treatment for cervical spondylotic radiculopathy

A consecutive series of 47 patients with cervical radiculopathy secondary to spondylosis were treated with complete discectomy, root decompression accomplished by microscopic foraminotomy on the affected side(s), and iliac graft fusion at the involved interspace(s). Forty of the 47 patients were contacted with an average follow-up of 15 months. Eighty-three percent of the patients were judged as having good results. Fusion of the involved interspace(s) occurred in 87% of cases, although this did not appear to correlate with the clinical results.