Comparison of the Inpatient Complications and Health Care Costs of Anterior versus Posterior Cervical Decompression and Fusion in Patients with Multilevel Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy: A Retrospective Propensity Score-Matched Analysis

摘要

BACKGROUND: The optimal surgical approach for multilevel degenerative cervical myelopathy (DCM) is unclear, and there is significant variation in practice patterns. We sought to compare inpatient complications and costs of anterior (ACDF) versus posterior cervical decompression and fusion (PCDF).