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Cervical Discectomy - Neck Surgery

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Updated August 23, 2005

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Definition: Cervical discectomy is a surgical procedure in which the intervertebral disk between 2 (or more) neck vertebrae are removed. Generally, the cervical discectomy is performed at the some time as cervical spine fusion
Also Known As: neck surgery

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