 After securing the C5-C6 disc with four screws and titanium plate, x-rays showed good alignment of the spine, good placement of the bone graft, and after x-rays showed excellent position of the bone graft and instrumentation, we then placed in a Jackson-Pratt drain in the prevertebral space brought out through a separate incision. 
After securing the C5 - C6 disc with four screws and titanium plate , x - rays showed good alignment of the spine , good placement of the bone graft , and after x - rays showed excellent position of the bone graft and instrumentation , we then placed in a Jackson - Pratt drain in the prevertebral space brought out through a separate incision .