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The most common risk of a spine fusion surgery is the failure to relieve lower back pain symptoms following the surgery. This outcome is commonly referred to as failed back surgery syndrome. The likelihood of this result is relatively higher with multilevel fusions involving three or more levels. 1 Li T, Shi L, Luo Y, Chen D, Chen Y.
For an ACDF surgery, the main potential risks and complications that tend to occur include: Potential speech disturbance from injury to recurrent laryngeal nerve that supplies the vocal cords. See After ACDF: Trouble with Speaking. Damage to the trachea/esophagus. Hematoma or seroma causing airway compromise.
A 2011 study performed the first 10-year follow-up on patients who had undergone a modern posterior fusion surgery for scoliosis and found that the healthy discs below the fusion level were holding up quite well—much better than some of the researchers had expected. 6 Green DW, Lawhorne TW, Widmann RF, et al. Long-term MRI follow-up ...
For more than 30 years he has used surgical and non-surgical techniques to treat spine disorders, such as spinal stenosis, herniated discs, tumors, and trauma. ACDF surgery risks include bleeding, nerve damage, infection, hoarseness, difficulty swallowing, spinal cord injury, and fusion failure.
The time to recover from a multilevel fusion surgery varies and usually depends on several factors such as: The extent and type of surgery. The number of levels fused. The patient’s age and concomitant medical conditions. How closely the care instructions are followed. Complete recovery from a spinal fusion surgery usually takes up to 6-9 ...
Most ACDF patients fully recover their ability to swallow within a few days after surgery. Sometimes, however, dysphagia lingers for weeks, months, or even longer. Studies that have followed ACDF patients post-surgery for at least 2 years have found differing results regarding dysphagia. For example, one study estimated that about 10% of ACDF ...
If the surgery fails to achieve proper bony fusion between the fused segments, some patients may begin experiencing symptoms, which primarily include back pain. The pain is usually limited to the lower back and may also radiate to the leg and foot. This condition is called pseudoarthrosis. Failed fusions may result in loss of function and ...
The fibrous tissue develops as a part of the body’s natural healing process after the surgery and may entrap or adhere to nerve roots and other neural tissues, causing post-surgical pain and dysfunction. Scar tissue may form around the nerve root after surgery. Scar tissue is common after spine surgery. Research indicates that 24% to 100% of ...
As with most spinal surgeries, an additional risk is lack of, or insufficient, pain relief for the patient. Risks and complications from the anterior lumbar interbody fusion (ALIF) approach tend to be relatively rare, reversible, and/or fleeting. Rarely, nerve damage may occur as a complication of ALIF surgery.
Lower cervical spine fusion (C4-C7) minimally affects overall neck range of motion. Depending on how the measurements are done, between one-third and one-half of the neck’s forward/backward and rotational motions occur at the top two levels (between the base of the skull and C1, and between C1 and C2). 2 Cramer GD. The cervical region.