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2. Spinal fusion - Wikipedia

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   Recovery following spinal fusion is extremely variable, depending on individual surgeon's preference and the type of procedure performed. [20] The average length of hospital stay for spinal fusions is 3.7 days. [6] Some patients can go home the same day if they undergo a simple cervical spinal fusion at an outpatient surgery center. [21]

3. 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 ...

4. TOPS System - Wikipedia

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   A 2012 study presented in Barcelona found that one in four elderly patients who had lumbar spinal fusion for lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS) or spondylolisthesis needed a second spinal surgery within two years. Additionally, nearly half of these patients were readmitted to the hospital due to complications.

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

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   The only solution was spinal fusion surgery. Doctors would attach two rods along Chelsea's spine spanning from around the base of her neck (T2 vertebrae) to her lower back (L2 vertebrae), then ...

6. Minimally invasive thoracic spinal fusion - Wikipedia

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   After being discharged from the hospital the patient will be required to wear a back brace for the first three months after surgery. After nine months to a year a patient will be able to resume all normal activity. Unlike other spinal fusions, with a minimally invasive thoracic spinal fusion only about 10 percent of mobility is lost.

7. Harrington rod - Wikipedia

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   Harrington rods were intended to provide a means to reduce the curvature and to provide more stability to a spinal fusion. Before the Harrington rod was invented, scoliosis patients had their spines fused without any instrumentation to support it; such fusions required many months in plaster casts, and large curvatures could progress despite ...