2. • 55years old.
• Neck pain + severe left arm pain
for three months.
• Not responding to conservative
treatment.
foraminotomy vs ACDF
3. PICO: In patients with cervical radiculopathy does
ACDF or foraminotomy lead to better resolution of
arm pain and the need for further surgery?
• P: Patients with cervical radiculopathy.
• I: Cervical fusion.
• C: Foraminotomy
• O: resolution of radicular pain, redo surgery.
11. Medline 286 Embase 204 Scopus 84
574
Duplicates 72
Total 16 (7 included, 1 local Egyptian journal, 1study
protocol, 3 cost effectiveness)
387
After reviewing titles: 505 excluded,
Posterior cervical fusion, surgery for C myelopathy,
anterior C foraminotomy, laminoplasty,
ASD, surgical techniques,case reports,…..
69
Reviewing abstracts
12
4 papers added from references
12. Conclusion
• Foraminotomy has comparable results as ACDF in relieving pain.
• ? Both has similar reoperation rate at the index level.
• ? ACDF might have more rapid relief in symptoms and/or motor
weakness while in hospital stay.