Multicentric Registry for the Detection of C5 Palsy After Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion (C5registry)

Technical University of Munich

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Cervical Disc Herniation; Degenerative Cervical Spinal Stenosis; Suspected Cervical Spine Instability

Treatments: Procedure: Patients undergo ACDF or cervical vertebral body replacement

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02875431

C5 registry

Details and patient eligibility

About

Detect the reason for the frequently occurring C5 palsy after anterior cervical discectomy and fusion

Full description

A registry which includes all known and individually analyzed but even new factors are evaluated in order to perform a multivariate analysis for the detection of risk factors of C5 palsy after anterior cervical discectomy and fusion which is a very disabling and still cryptic complication.

Enrollment: 1,087 estimated patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• ACDF or cervical vertebral body replacement due to herniated disc, spinal stenosis or trauma

Exclusion criteria

• infectious disease or neurodegenerative disease

Trial design

1,087 participants in 1 patient group

ACDF or cervical vertebral body replacement

Treatment:

Procedure: Patients undergo ACDF or cervical vertebral body replacement