My ACDF surgery a year ago with HSS/NCH did not go quit as planned. I formed a post surgery hematoma 24 hours after the ACDF and needed emergency surgery to remove hematoma and breathe. Very serious stuff, 5 hour surgery with several MD's in surgery with me. 25 days later I was released from hospital to a post surgery rehab center and released from there two days later. The ACDF has been successful in providing relief and function to my upper extremities. I only hope I don't have to go through that trauma again.