Anterior cervical discectomy with decompression and implant fusion (ACDF) is one of the most commonly used surgical methods for the treatment of spinal cord-type and nerve root-type cervical spondylosis, cervical spine trauma and other disorders, and it has the advantages of initial stabilisation, high fusion rate, restoration of normal anterior convexity, and the absence of external fixation, etc. The common postoperative complications such as difficulty in swallowing, degeneration of the adjacent segments, laryngeal reentrant nerve paralysis, cerebrospinal fluid leakage, haematoma, infection, and intervertebral implant subsidence etc. The overall incidence of postoperative complications is about 8%.
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