Spinal fusion

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Broader Terms

arthrodesis

Facts (generated by robot; please edit if you find it inaccurate)

• Two vertebral segments need to be fused together to stop the motion at one segment, so that an L4-L5 (lumbar segment 4 and lumbar segment 5) spinal fusion is actually a one-level spinal fusion.
• Spinal Fusion and Cigarette Smoking Defined Spinal fusion is a surgical procedure used to join bony segments of the spine (e.
• The goal of spinal fusion is to stop the motion caused by segmental instability.
• Spinal fusion is an operation that creates a solid union between two or more vertebrae.
• Spinal Fusion is a process using bone graft to cause two opposing bony surfaces to grow together.

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