Effect of Local Steroid Application on a Cervical Plate Versus Intravenous Steroids on Dysphagia Following Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion (ACDF)

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Conditions studied: Cervical Spine

In brief

Local application of steroids in ACDF surgery will lead to decreased incidence of dysphagia compared to intravenous steroids or a control group

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02577991

Run by

Northwestern University

People needed

80

Starts

2014-02-01

Expected to finish

2017-06-01

Last updated by the study team

2019-05-30

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 90. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• All patients undergoing ACDF (single or multi-level) for the treatment of cervical radiculopathy or myelopathy
• All subjects must have given signed, informed consent prior to registration on study.

You may not qualify if…

• Patients undergoing revision surgery, any operations for trauma, infection, tumor
• Patients with general metabolic diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis, diabetes, chronic heart and renal diseases.

Where it is running

• Northwestern Medicine Department of Orthopaedic Surgery — Chicago, Illinois, United States

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