A Prospective Randomized Comparison Between the Cloward Procedure and a Carbon Fiber Cage in the Cervical Spine

Abstract

Except for reduced donor site pain, the clinical outcome for the carbon fiber intervertebral fusion cage is the same as for the Cloward procedure. Use of the cage results in a more lordotic alignment and an increased disc height, but in a higher pseudarthrosis rate than use of the Cloward procedure.