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Spinal fusion surgery comes in many forms: Lumbar spinal fusion, cervical spinal fusion, and PLIFs just to name a few. They are all designed to help limit pain caused by the joints. However, each surgery is different depending on whether you are trying to treat degenerative disc disease, spondylolisthesis, or another condition. Knowing about your spinal fusion options can go a long way towards alleviating your back pain.
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Lumbar spinal fusion involves using a bone graft to stop the motion at a painful vertebral segment, which in turn should decrease pain generated from the joint. Spine surgery instrumentation (medical devices), bone graft procedures, and bone stimulators are sometimes used along with spinal fusion surgery. Featured Videos
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The objective of fusion back surgery is to stop the motion at a painful motion segment, thereby minimizing the pain and increasing patient function, not to ‘fix’ a painful back.
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