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PMMA versus titanium cage after anterior cervical discectomy - a prospective randomized trial.

J J Schröder, F F Grosse-Dresselhaus, C C Schul, and H H Wassmann

Zentralbl Neurochir 68(1):2-7 (2007) PMID 16969747

Nonautologous interbody fusion materials are utilised in increasing numbers after anterior cervical disc surgery to overcome the problem of donor site morbidity of autologous bone grafts. This study investigates the performance of two nonautologous materials, the bone cement Polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) and titanium cages. This prospective randomised trial, with assessment of the results by an independent observer, evaluates whether a Polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) spacer or a titanium cage provides a better fusion rate around the implant and a better clinical outcome.

DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-942184
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