Table 8.

Comparison of outcomes of anterior cervical discectomy and fusion versus corpectomy and fusion in cases of cervical myelopathy

Study (year)	Design	Sample size	Mean age (years)	Gender (male/female)	Mean follow up (months)
Oh et al. (2009)[84]	RCT	ACCF: 17 ACDF: 14	ACCF: 55.12 ACDF: 52.64	16/15	ACCF: 27.33 ACDF: 24.9
Yu et al. (2007)[85]	RCT	ACCF: 20 ACDF: 20	ACCF: 53.1 ACDF: 52.75	ACCF: 14/6 ACDF: 15/5	N/A
Liu et al. (2011)[86]	RCoS	ACCF: 23 ACDF: 23	ACCF: 54.4 ACDF: 56.5	ACCF: 18/5 ACDF: 16/7	ACCF: 31 ACDF: 29
Park et al. (2010)[87]	RCoS	ACCF: 52 ACDF: 45	ACCF: 49.4 ACDF: 49.3	ACCF: 30/22 ACDF: 17/28	ACCF: 23.3 ACDF: 25.7
Wang et al. (2001)[88]	RCoS	ACCF: 20 ACDF: 32	ACCF: 51.5 ACDF: N/A	27/25	43.2
Yu et al. (2012)[89]	RCoS	ACCF: 48 ACDF: 62	ACCF: 59.3 ACDF: N/A	65/45	32
Jia et al. (2012)[90]	RCoS	ACCF: 36 ACDF: 31	ACCF: 48.83 ACDF: 49.12	ACCF: 21/15 ACDF: 17/14	ACCF: 28.96 ACDF: 26.81

ACDF – Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion; ACCF – Anterior cervical corpectomy and fusion; RCoS – Retrospective comparative study; RCT – Randomized controlled trail; N/A – Not applicable