enow.com Web Search

Search results

1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network

2. Spinal fusion - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spinal_fusion

   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.

3. Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anterior_cervical...

   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.

4. Klippel–Feil syndrome - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klippel–Feil_syndrome

   Another type of arthroplasty that is becoming an alternate choice to spinal fusion is Total Disc Replacement. Total disc replacement objective is to reduce pain or eradicate it. [18] Spinal fusion is commonly used to correct spinal deformities such as scoliosis. Arthrodesis is the last resort in pain relieving procedures, usually when ...

5. Sacroiliac joint dysfunction - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacroiliac_joint_dysfunction

   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.

6. Failed back syndrome - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Failed_back_syndrome

   New epidemiological studies show that "spinal fusion must be accepted as a non proved or experimental method for the treatment of back pain". The surgical literature on spinal fusion published in the last 20 years establishes that instrumentation seems to slightly increase the fusion rate and that instrumentation doesn't improve the clinical ...

7. Instrumented posterior lumbar interbody fusion - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instrumented_posterior...

   Instrumented posterior lumbar interbody fusion (iPLIF) is a common spinal fusion surgical technique for addressing low back pain resulting from degenerative lumbar spine disorders. [1] It involves fusion of two or more levels utilizing screws, rods, and an interbody graft.