Asymptomatic osteophytes of the anterior margins of the cervical vertebrae may occur in 20-30% of the population. Occasionally, dysphagia or dysphonia may be caused by such cervical osteophytes ...
a fracture of the anterior osteophyte of the fourth cervical vertebrae extending into the third and fourth spaces of the cervical disk space, and a fracture of the fourth cervical vertebrae ...
STUDY DESIGN: Prospective cohort study. OBJECTIVE: To investigate the fate of posterior osteophytes after anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) using computed tomography. SUMMARY OF ...