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  2. Luigi Mangione reportedly suffered from back pain. What was ...

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    A 2021 study of more than 66,000 elective lumbar spine fusion surgeries for spondylolisthesis found the average hospital costs for the procedure were $30,827 in 2019, or $37,638 when adjusted for ...

  3. Spinal fusion - Wikipedia

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    Spinal fusion, also called spondylodesis or spondylosyndesis, is a surgery performed by orthopaedic surgeons or neurosurgeons that joins two or more vertebrae. [1] This procedure can be performed at any level in the spine (cervical, thoracic, lumbar, or sacral) and prevents any movement between the fused vertebrae.

  4. After years of constant pain, spinal fusion surgery has ... - AOL

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    Chelsea was in a New Jersey hospital recovering from spinal fusion surgery last February, and was living in constant pain up until late last year, her softball career in serious doubt.

  5. Failed back syndrome - Wikipedia

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    In Sweden, the national registry of lumbar spine surgery reported in the year 2000 that 15% of patients with spinal stenosis surgery underwent a concomitant fusion. [218] Despite the traditionally conservative approach to spinal surgery in Sweden, there have been calls from that country for a more aggressive approach to lumbar procedures in ...

  6. CEO shooting suspect Luigi Mangione appeared to discuss spine ...

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    "Yea I had L5/S1 spinal fusion 6 months ago after 1.5 years of failed conservative treatment. Within 7 days of the fusion I was on zero pain meds. ... "It's absolutely brutal to have such a life ...

  7. Harrington rod - Wikipedia

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    Harrington rods used in spinal fusion. The Harrington rod (or Harrington implant) is a stainless steel surgical device. [1] Historically, this rod was implanted along the spinal column to treat, among other conditions, a lateral or coronal-plane curvature of the spine, or scoliosis. Up to one million people had Harrington rods implanted for ...

  8. Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion - Wikipedia

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    Bone morphogenetic protein (rhBMP) should not be routinely used in any type of anterior cervical spine fusion, such as with anterior cervical discectomy and fusion. [2] [3] There are reports of this therapy causing swelling of soft tissue which in turn can cause life-threatening complications due to difficulty swallowing and pressure on the respiratory tract.

  9. Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis - Wikipedia

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    In the spine, there is bone formation along the anterior longitudinal ligament and sometimes the posterior longitudinal ligament, which may lead to partial or complete fusion of adjacent vertebrae. The facet and sacroiliac joints tend to be uninvolved. The thoracic spine is the most common level involved. [2]

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