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2. 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 ...

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. Laminotomy - Wikipedia

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   The most common lumbar spinal fusion occurs between L4 and L5. [4] A lumbar spinal fusion may be recommended when non-surgical treatment options for severe degenerative disc disease are ineffective. A laminotomy would not be effective in this case, since this procedure is concerning a degenerated disc that needs to be removed in order to ...

5. Bertolotti's syndrome - Wikipedia

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   Bertolotti's syndrome is characterized by sacralization of the lowest lumbar vertebral body and lumbarization of the uppermost sacral segment. It involves a total or partial unilateral or bilateral fusion of the transverse process of the lowest lumbar vertebra to the sacrum, leading to the formation of a transitional 5th lumbar vertebra.

6. Sacroiliac joint dysfunction - Wikipedia

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   There is also a notable incidence of lumbar spinal fusion patients that present with sacroiliac pain and hypermobility, potentially due to the adjacent lumbar joints being fixed and unable to move. Clinical studies have found up to 75% of post-lumbar fusion patients develop SI joint degeneration within five years of surgery. [14]

7. Low back pain - Wikipedia

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   Fusion may be considered for those with low back pain from acquired displaced vertebra that does not improve with conservative treatment, [17] although only a few of those who have spinal fusion experience good results, [18] and there may be no clinically important difference between disk replacement and fusion surgery. [107]