Abstract:[Objective] To compare the clinical outcomes of anterior cervical corpectomy and fusion (ACCF) combined with anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) versus multi- segment mere ACDF for multi- segment cervical spondylotic myelopathy (CSM) . [Methods] A retrospective study was conducted on 86 patients who underwent anterior decompression and fusion for multi-segment CSM in our hospital from August 2015 to August 2019. Of them, 21 patients received combined procedures (single- segment ACCF +ACDF), while the remaining 65 patients had multi-segment mere ACDFs performed. The perioperative, follow-up and imaging data were compared between the two groups. [Results] The combined group had significantly greater intraoperative blood loss than the ACDF group (P<0.05) , but there was no significant difference in the operation time, the incidence of early complications, and hospital stay between the two groups (P>0.05) . Before operation, the deep reflex scale and pathological reflex grade was much serious in the combined group than those in the ACDF group (P<0.05) . Compared with pre-operatively, the deep reflex scale, pathological reflex grade, VAS score and NDI score improved significantly in both groups postoperatively (P<0.05) . At corresponding time points, the deep reflex scale and pathological reflex grade be- came much better in the combined group than in the ACDF group (P<0.05) , whereas no significant difference was noted in VAS and NDI scores between the two groups (P>0.05) . With respect to imaging assessment, no differences in CL and SVA was found between two groups (P>0.05) , but SCA was much less in the combined group than that in the ACDF group preoperatively (P<0.05) , which all significantly im- proved at the last follow-up (P<0.05) , and no significant difference was found between two groups (P>0.05) . [Conclusion] For multi-seg- ment CSM, the single-segment ACCF combined with ACDF might provide sufficient decompression which multi-segment mere ACDF can-not provide, is a safe and effective alternative to the long-segment ACCF to avoid the potential complications of long-segment ACCF.