It was reported that on: (b)(6) 2010: the patient was pre-operatively diagnosed with cervical 3-4 cervical disc derangement status post motor vehicle accident with bilateral upper extremity radiculopathy and underwent the following procedure: anterior cervical micro discectomy c3-4, anterior interbody arthrodesis c3-4 with synthes machined allograft spacer, rhbmp-2/acs, skyline anterior cervical plate.As per op-notes, ¿the foramen was decompressed bilaterally.The midline was decompressed.The space was measured at 6mm.A 6mm machined allograft spacer was selected.The core was drilled out, and a small piece of rhbmp_2/acs was placed within it.It was gently impacted into place under direct visualization at c3-c4.¿.
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