New titanium cage could improve neck surgery outcomes

Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.

Inclusion Criteria: 1. Patients undergoing a one or two (contiguous) level primary ACDF between C2-T1 2. Able to provide consent 3. ≥ 18 years of age and skeletally mature 4. Diagnosis of symptomatic degenerative disc disease, including; myelopathy, radiculopathy, myeloradiculopathy, stenosis, herniated nucleus pulposus, spondylosis, osteophyte complexes, and foraminal stenosis 5. Neck pain and/or radicular symptoms with a baseline Visual Analog Scale score of ≥ 4 (0-10cm scale) for neck or arm pain 6. Baseline Neck Disability score ≥ 20 7. Had at least 6-weeks of conservative non-operative treatment and/or presents with increasing signs and symptoms of cervical myelopathy or radiculopathy that may require immediate intervention - Exclusion Criteria: 1\. Any prior history of cervical fusion 2. Requires cervical fusion of more than two levels or not contiguous levels 3. Acute cervical spine trauma requiring immediate intervention 4. BMI \> 40 5. Active systemic bacterial or fungal infection or infection at the operative site 6. History of vertebral fracture or osteoporotic fracture 7. Current treatment with chemotherapy, radiation, immunosuppression or chronic steroid therapy 8. History of osteoporosis, osteopenia, or osteomalacia that would contraindicate spinal surgery 9. Psychological or physical condition in the opinion of the investigator that would interfere with completing study participation including completion of patient reported outcomes 10. History of neurological condition in the opinion of the investigator that may affect cervical spine function and pain assessments 11. Subjects with a history of cancer must be disease free for at least 3 years; with the exception of squamous cell skin carcinoma 12. Pregnant, or plans on becoming pregnant 13. History of allergy to titanium \-