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The purpose of this study was to compare the time it took to achieve osseous union\/fusion and the clinical efficacy of UJF to end plate space fusion (ESF)\u2014i.e., traditional anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF)\u2014in anterior cervical surgery.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Patients with single-level cervical spondylosis were recruited from April 2021 through October 2022 and randomly divided into the UJF and ESF groups, with 40 patients in each group. Autologous iliac bone was used for bone grafting in both groups. The primary outcome was the early fusion rate at 3 months postoperatively. Secondary outcomes included the prevalence of complications and patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs), including the Japanese Orthopaedic Association (JOA) score, Neck Disability Index (NDI), and visual analog scale (VAS) scores for arm and neck pain.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>A total of 74 patients (92.5%) with an average age of 49.8 years (range, 26 to 65 years) completed the trial and were included in the analysis. There was no significant difference between the 2 groups at baseline. The operative duration and intraoperative blood loss were also comparable between the 2 groups. The fusion rate in the UJF group was significantly higher than that in the ESF group at 3 months (66.7% compared with 13.2%, p &lt; 0.0001) and 6 months (94.1% compared with 66.7%, p = 0.006) after the operation. No significant difference was found in the fusion rate between the 2 groups 12 months postoperatively. Overall, the PROMs significantly improved after surgery in both groups and did not differ significantly between the groups at any follow-up time point. The prevalence of complications was not significantly different between the 2 groups.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>In our study of anterior cervical fusion surgery, we found that the early fusion rate after UJF was significantly higher than that after ESF.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Level of Evidence:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Therapeutic\n                      <jats:underline>Level I<\/jats:underline>\n                      . 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