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(A) Preoperative cervical computed tomography (CT), sagittal plane. A 9 mm-thick anterior cervical osteophyte is observed extending from C3 to C5, with signs of an incipient osteophyte at C6; (B) Postoperative lateral cervical X-ray obtained on the first postoperative day. Complete resolution of the anterior cervical osteophyte is evident. Prevertebral soft tissue swelling is also observed; the dysphagia subsided over the ensuing few weeks.
