ACDF (Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion) surgery has a success rate of 90-95% when performed on appropriate candidates with neck pain radiating to the arm and nerve impingement confirmed on MRI, while the overall risk of complications including bleeding, infection, nerve injury, and implant issues is approximately 5-10%, with the risk of paralysis being very low at less than 1%.
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Is ACDF Surgery Safe? | Dr Tony SetiobudiAdded:
What is the [music] success rate and risk of ACDF? If ACDF surgery is recommended with a strict selection criteria, [music] neck pain radiating to the arm with nerve impingement on the MRI scan, [music] the success rate of ACDF can be as high as 90 to 95%. Of course, all surgery got risk. And the risk of ACDF [music] include bleeding, infection, nerve injury, worsening, implant complication usually about 5 to 10% [music] all together. And patients are normally concerned about the risk of paralysis.
>> [music] >> The risk of paralysis is very low. It's less than 1%.
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