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In patients with multilevel cervical degenerative disc disease, anterior cervical hybrid arthroplasty-fusion (ACHAF) constructs may allow for personalized approaches, addressing level-specific pathology while offering other theoretical advantages such as requiring a shorter anterior plate (if utilized), potentially reducing complications and risk of dysphagia. The authors aimed to evaluate radiographic outcomes and early safety of ACHAF compared with ACDF.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>METHODS<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>This is a single-center retrospective study of patients who underwent 2- or 3-level ACHAF or ACDF between January 2021 and May 2025 by the senior author. In the ACHAF group, arthroplasty was performed at the most cephalad level. Radiographic parameters (C2\u20137 lordosis, C2\u20137 sagittal vertical axis [cSVA], and Cobb angle and height of the disc immediately proximal to the construct) were assessed preoperatively and at 6 months postoperatively. Clinical outcomes included length of stay and rates of return to the emergency department (ED) within 90 days, complications, dysphagia at 6 months postoperatively, and reoperation during the study period.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>RESULTS<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>A total of 66 patients met the study criteria: 23 underwent ACHAF and 43 underwent ACDF (mean age 57.9 years). There was no difference in change of C2\u20137 lordosis or cSVA. The ACHAF group exhibited a decreased adjacent disc Cobb angle and increased disc height postoperatively, whereas the ACDF group exhibited an increased disc Cobb angle and decreased disc height (p &lt; 0.001). Dysphagia at 6 months was more frequent in ACDF patients (32.6% vs 8.7%, p = 0.04). There was no significant difference in reoperation rates during the study period. Complications (p = 0.29) were more common in the ACDF group, and return to ED was more frequent in the ACHAF group (p = 0.71), although these did not meet statistical significance. There was no difference in rates of discharge on postoperative day 1 (p &gt; 0.99).<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>CONCLUSIONS<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>ACHAF constructs possibly reduce stress on the proximal unoperated motion segment due to adjacent load sharing from the arthroplasty. Furthermore, dysphagia at 6 months postoperatively was less prevalent in the ACHAF group. Additional studies are needed to determine if ACHAF is associated with differences in patient-reported outcomes or long-term differences in rates of dysphagia or reoperation.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.3171\/2026.3.focus251207","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,6,24]],"date-time":"2026-06-24T00:00:57Z","timestamp":1782259257000},"page":"E9","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Short-term radiographic outcomes and early safety of anterior cervical hybrid arthroplasty-fusion versus fusion constructs: a single-surgeon analysis"],"prefix":"10.3171","volume":"61","author":[{"given":"Anthony V.","family":"Nguyen","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Neurosurgery, Baylor Scott and White Health, Temple;"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Samuel A.","family":"Gearhart","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Neurosurgery, Baylor Scott and White Health, Temple;"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Sarah-Marie C.","family":"Gonzalez","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Neurosurgery, Baylor Scott and White Health, Temple;"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jason H.","family":"Huang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Neurosurgery, Baylor Scott and White Health, Temple;"},{"name":"School of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Temple, Texas"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"James K.","family":"Cooper","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Neurosurgery, Baylor Scott and White Health, Temple;"},{"name":"School of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Temple, Texas"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1754","reference":[{"issue":"4","key":"b1","series-title":"AJNR Am J Neuroradiol","first-page":"811","article-title":"Systematic literature review of imaging features of spinal degeneration in asymptomatic populations","volume":"36","author":"Brinjikji W","year":"2015","unstructured":"Brinjikji W, Luetmer PH, Comstock B,  Systematic literature review of imaging features of spinal degeneration in asymptomatic populations. 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