In a retrospective review of 221 injuries of the lower cervical spine, posterior plate fixation was done in 89% of cases, with excellent or good results achieved in 85%. However, complications ...

This article revisits the issue of posterior cervical spine instrumentation. Posterior cervical plates have become a powerful tool for spine surgeons, allowing unprecedented rigidity of the ...

A metal plate may be screwed into the vertebrae above and below the graft to hold the bone in place while it heals and fuses with the vertebrae. Discectomy with cervical fusion can often help ...