Is patient satisfaction after anterior cervical discectomy and fusion primarily driven by relieving pain?
Improvement in pain seemed to be most important aspect in ACDF patients regarding the subjective SQ. Therefore, we strongly recommend focusing on pain-reducing therapies when choosing treatment for these patients during the postoperative period.
RBCs were significantly reduced and granulocytes and PLTs effectively retained in G-CSF/steroid-mobilized granulocyte components collected with HES and processed by gravity sedimentation. This procedure allows safe transfusion of RBC-incompatible sedimented granulocyte units and may be used to expand the pool of available granulocyte donors for specific recipients.