Junbo He
Junbo He
Department of Orthopedic Surgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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Tingkui Wu
Tingkui Wu
Department of Orthopedic Surgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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Chen Ding
Chen Ding
Department of Orthopedic Surgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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Beiyu Wang
Beiyu Wang
Department of Orthopedic Surgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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Ying Hong
Ying Hong
West China School of Nursing, Sichuan University/ Department of Anesthesia and Operation Center, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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Hao Liu
Hao Liu
Department of Orthopedic Surgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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Introduction Anterior cervical surgery (ACS) is one of the most commonly used cervical surgical approaches. 1 It has been widely applied as a standard procedure for various cervical degenerative, traumatic, neoplastic, vascular, and
Paulo Diogo Cunha
Paulo Diogo Cunha
Orthopedic Surgery Department, Hospital de Braga, Portugal
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Tiago P Barbosa
Tiago P Barbosa
Orthopedic Surgery Department, Hospital de Braga, Portugal
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Guilherme Correia
Guilherme Correia
Orthopedic Surgery Department, Hospital de Braga, Portugal
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Rafaela Silva
Rafaela Silva
Anesthesiology Department, Hospital de Braga, Portugal
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Nuno Cruz Oliveira
Nuno Cruz Oliveira
Orthopedic Surgery Department, Hospital de Braga, Portugal
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Pedro Varanda
Pedro Varanda
Orthopedic Surgery Department, Hospital de Braga, Portugal
Life and Health Science Research Institute, University of Minho, Portugal
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Life and Health Science Research Institute, University of Minho, Portugal
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Bruno Direito-Santos
Bruno Direito-Santos
Orthopedic Surgery Department, Hospital de Braga, Portugal
Life and Health Science Research Institute, University of Minho, Portugal
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Life and Health Science Research Institute, University of Minho, Portugal
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padding of pressure points ( 1 ). It is important to pay special attention to head, neck and upper limbs position, as well as to pressure points at the elbow, shoulder, knees and ankles. In anterior cervical surgery, the head and the neck of the
Hua Luo
Hua Luo
Department of Orthopaedics, Taizhou Hospital of Zhejiang Province affiliated to Wenzhou Medical University, Taizhou, Zhejiang, China
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Yu Ren
Yu Ren
Department of Pharmacy, Taizhou Hospital of Zhejiang Province affiliated to Wenzhou Medical University, Taizhou, Zhejiang, China
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Yongwei Su
Yongwei Su
The First Affiliated Hospital of Jinzhou Medical University, Jinzhou, Liaoning, China
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Feng Xue
Feng Xue
Department of Orthopaedics, Fengxian District Central Hospital, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China
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Zhenghua Hong
Zhenghua Hong
Department of Orthopaedics, Taizhou Hospital of Zhejiang Province affiliated to Wenzhou Medical University, Taizhou, Zhejiang, China
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posterior vascular supply is poorer, harder to confront bacteria, which leads to the infection rate to be higher than that of anterior surgery. For anterior cervical surgery, the incidence of deep SSIs was 0.4% ( 6 ), while for posterior cervical surgery was
