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

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2017-06-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

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

• Phase: N/A
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Northwestern University
• Treatments: BB 1101; Dexamethasone; Dexamethasone 21-phosphate; Dexamethasone acetate; Gelatin Sponge, Absorbable; Triamcinolone; Triamcinolone Acetonide; Triamcinolone diacetate; Triamcinolone hexacetonide

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• 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.

Exclusion Criteria:

• 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.