Hybrid surgery in the treatment of multilevel cervical disease

Abstract:

Objective：To review the clinical efficacy of Hybrid surgical treatment for multi-segment cervical spondylosis and to discuss the advantages and disadvantages of Hybrid，anterior cervical discectomy and fusion（ACDF），cervical artificial disc replacement（CDR）and posterior surgery. Methods：The relevant domestic and foreign literatures about the Hybrid，ACDF，CDR and posterior surgery were searched and their advantages，disadvantages and efficacy were analyzed and compared. Results：Hybrid surgery can effectively alleviate the symptoms，keep the motion range of cervical spine and lower the pressure of adjacent vertebral segment disc. Meanwhile，Hybrid surgery was of great significance in maintaining long-term stability of the cervical spine and recovering its biomechanics en－vironment. Conclusion：Hybrid surgery can obtain confirmed short-term clinical effect，but a lot of long-term follow-up studies are still needed to prove its long-term clinical effects.