Spinal surgery in persons with prior spinal surgery when any of the above criteria (I.A. through I.E.) are met; Removal of large anterior cervical osteophytes that are causing dysphagia (with or without anterior fusion) when the osteophytes are deemed to be the cause of the dysphagia by ...
A lumbar fusion surgery stops the motion at a painful motion segment. The fusion is not actually done at the time of the surgery; rather, the surgery sets up the conditions for the bone to heal across the spinal segment to form a bone to replace the joint. The bone healing process takes...
METHODS: Thirty patients with a mean age of 43 years (range, 26-63) who suffered from instability of levels L4-L5 (n = 23), L5-S1 (n = 3), or both (n = 2) underwent surgery. Spondylodesis was achieved with two BAK cylinders. After 6 months, all patients completed a ...
Not everybody with low back pain will require surgery. But if your condition is one that requires surgery, rest assured that spinal fusion has a long history as a treatment option. A spinal fusion is the permanent joining of two or more vertebrae so that there is no movement between them....
Spinal fusion is a surgery used to reduce back pain if the pain hasn't resolved on its own after six to 12 weeks. This surgery can treat degenerative disc disease and other vertebral problems. A spinal fusion surgery causes the vertebrae (bones of the sp
Spinal fusion is surgery to join two or more vertebrae into one single structure. The goal is to stop movement between the two bones and preventback pain. Once they’re fused, they no longer move like they used to. This keeps you from stretching nearby nerves, ligaments, and muscles that...
What is Spinal Fusion Surgery? During spinal fusion surgery, which is typically a three- to four-hour procedure, two or more bones in your spine (the vertebrae) will be essentially “welded” together so they form a single bone that can no longer move. ...
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To investigate whether the coronal alignment (CA) will deteriorate, and identify the risk factors for coronal malalignment (CM) developing in adult spinal deformity (ASD) after long-fusion surgery. A multi-center retrospective study was performed, which