RESUMEN
This study included 160 patients who had been operated upon due to different cervical neurological problems as a result of either cervical spondylosis, cervical disc alone or both. Some of them had more than one level to be operated upon, so 210 disc levels were operated on. These patients had an anterior interbody fusion through an extrapharyngeal anterolateral approach. The fusion was augmented by titanium cage and milled bone autograft. The period of the follow up ranged from 12 months to 4 years with a mean of 28 +/- 4.5 months. The patients were assessed using Odom's criteria. It was concluded that anterior decompression and interbody fusion is a promising option for cervical disc diseases whether herniated disc or degenerative spondylosis. The chances for a sound fusion were better with the use of titanium cage and the postoperative morbidity is remarkably less with the use of autograft