This interactive video gives a clear picture of how a spinal fusion surgery can be performed to stop the motion at a painful vertebral segment, which in turn should decrease the back pain from degenerative disc disease or spondylolisthesis.
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Spine Fusion Surgery Video
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Learn about spinal fusion surgery from a surgeon’s viewpoint and how it can help alleviate back pain and neck pain.
Watch how a transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (TLIF) procedure fuses the anterior and posterior columns of the spine through a posterior approach.
Anterior lumbar interbody fusion is performed by approaching the spine through the abdomen inserting a bone graft to help the vertebrae to fuse together.
Posterior lumbar interbody fusion is performed by approaching the spine through the low back and using a bone graft to help the vertebrae to fuse together.