Spinal Fusion

Some possible risks and complications with a posterolateral gutter fusion include smoking, obesity, prior surgery and multiple-level spine fusion procedures.

Allograft is bone harvested by a tissue bank from a cadaver for use in medical procedures like spinal fusion, with it used on its own or as a supplement to the patient's own bone.

An anterior/posterior lumbar fusion procedure fuses both the front and back of the spine, provides a high degree of stability for the spine, and creates a large surface area for bone fusion to occur.

Learn about anterior cervical decompression and spine fusion for spondylotic myelopathy.

Anterior cervical decompression is a surgical procedure to decompress levels in the cervical spine. An incision in the lower front of the neck allows the surgeon to expose the anterior cervical spine.

Like any surgery, anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) surgery comes with risks. Learn what these complications are and how they might be prevented.

In Anterior lumbar interbody fusion (ALIF) surgery the disc space is fused by approaching the spine through the abdomen instead of through the lower back.

Following a spine fusion your ability to do many activities will be limited. It is best to make arrangements before surgery to have these needs met.

During the spinal fusion surgery, autograft (also known as as autologous bone or autogenous bone graft) is taken from the patient and transferred to the portion of the spine to be fused.

Bone Morphogenetic Proteins (BMP) stimulate bone growth naturally in the human body, with these proteins produced, concentrated and placed in the area of the spine for a spine fusion to take place.