TY - JOUR AU - Noh, Sung Hyun AU - Park, Jeong Yoon AU - Kuh, Sung Uk AU - Chin, Dong Kyu AU - Kim, Keun Su AU - Cho, Yong Eun AU - Kim, Kyung Hyun PY - 2020 DA - 2020/07/06 TI - Association of complete uncinate process removal on 2-year assessment of radiologic outcomes: subsidence and sagittal balance in patients receiving one-level anterior cervical discectomy and fusion JO - BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders SP - 439 VL - 21 IS - 1 AB - Many patients with cervical radiculopathy experience stenosis of the neural foramens due to cumulative osteophyte or uncovertebral joint hypertrophy. For cervical foraminal stenosis, complete uncinate process resection (UPR) is often conducted concurrently with anterior discectomy and fusion (ACDF). The aim of this study was to assess the clinical and radiological outcomes of ACDF with complete UPR versus ACDF without UPR. SN - 1471-2474 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12891-020-03443-7 DO - 10.1186/s12891-020-03443-7 ID - Noh2020 ER -