Cervical /
Neck

Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) is a surgery to remove a herniated or degenerative disc in the neck. An incision is made in the throat area to reach the front of the spine. The disc is removed and a graft is inserted to fuse together the bones above and below the disc. ACDF surgery may be recommend if physical therapy or medications fail to relieve your neck or arm pain caused by pinched spinal nerves. Patients typically go home the same day; recovery time takes 4 weeks.