Cervical juxtafacet cyst after anterior cervical discectomy and fusion Journal Article
| Authors: | Sivakumar, W.; Elder, J. B.; Bilsky, M. H. |
| Article Title: | Cervical juxtafacet cyst after anterior cervical discectomy and fusion |
| Abstract: | Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) is a common neurosurgical procedure, and the benefits, longterm outcomes, and complications are well described in the literature. The development of a juxtafacet joint cyst resulting in radiculopathy is a rare outcome after ACDF and merits further description. The authors describe a patient in whom a juxtafacet joint cyst developed after ACDF procedures, resulting in surgical intervention. When a juxtafacet joint cyst develops after ACDF, symptoms can include radiculopathy, neck pain, and neurological symptoms such as paresthesias and motor weakness. The presence of a juxtafacet joint cyst implies instability in that region of the spine. Patients with this pathological entity may require decompression of neural elements and fusion across the segment involved with the cyst. |
| Keywords: | treatment outcome; aged; review; case report; postoperative complication; postoperative complications; spinal cord; radiography; cyst; cysts; cervical vertebrae; cervical spine; spine fusion; cervical juxtafacet cyst; anterior cervical discectomy and fusion; synovial facet joint cyst; transitional syndrome; adjacent-segment disease; spinal fusion; intervertebral diskectomy; diskectomy |
| Journal Title: | Neurosurgical Focus |
| Volume: | 31 |
| Issue: | 4 |
| ISSN: | 1092-0684 |
| Publisher: | American Association of Neurological Surgeons |
| Date Published: | 2011-10-01 |
| Start Page: | E19 |
| Language: | English |
| DOI: | 10.3171/2011.8.focus11119 |
| PROVIDER: | scopus |
| PUBMED: | 21961863 |
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| Notes: | --- - "Export Date: 3 January 2012" - "Source: Scopus" |
