A Matched Cohort Analysis Comparing Stand-Alone Cages and Anterior Cervical Plates Used for Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion.

Global Spine J · 2017 · PMC5544154 · PMID 28811982

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For nonambulatory cases, the average length of stay for the stand-alone group was 1.88 ± 1.36 days compared to 1.35 ± 0.69 days for the plate group, which trended toward but failed to reach significance ( P = .08).

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