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Results 1 - 10 of 19 for Vertebral fusion
  1. Spinal fusion 
    ... Polifka AJ, Ghogawala Z, Hoh DJ. Indications for spine fusion for axial pain. In: Steinmetz MP, Berven SH, ... fusion procedures for degenerative disease of the lumbar spine. Part 8: lumbar fusion for disc herniation and radiculopathy. J Neurosurg Spine. ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/002968.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  2. Spine surgery - discharge 
    ... Do not smoke or use tobacco products after spine surgery. Avoiding tobacco is even more important if you had a fusion or graft. Smoking and using tobacco products slows ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/patientinstructions/000313.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  3. Scoliosis surgery in children 
    ... smokes, they need to stop . People who have spine fusion and keep smoking do not heal as well. ... to 2 years for them to fuse completely. Fusion stops growth in the spine. This is not often a concern because most ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/007383.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  4. Returning to sports after a back injury 
    ... surgery on more than one level of your spine, such as spinal fusion Have more severe spine disease in the area where the middle of ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/patientinstructions/000518.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  5. Disk replacement - lumbar spine 
    ... stable. As a result, other parts of your spine below and above the fusion may be more likely to have disk problems in the future. With disk replacement surgery, no fusion is needed. As a result, the spine above and below the site of surgery still ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/007745.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  6. Laminectomy 
    ... opening where nerve roots travel out of the spine. Your surgeon may do a spinal fusion to make sure your spinal column is stable ... spine problems are possible for all people after spine surgery. ... and spinal fusion, the spinal column above and below the fusion ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/007389.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  7. Spinal fusion - series (image) 
    In a posterolateral gutter fusion procedure, the spine is approached from the back. Bone graft is taken from the pelvis and laid out in the posterolateral portion of ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/presentations/100121_1.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  8. Diskectomy 
    ... or spinal fusion . Diskectomy in your neck (cervical spine) is most often done along with foraminotomy, or fusion. Microdiskectomy is done in a hospital or outpatient ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/007250.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  9. Osteoporosis 
    ... material is placed into a bone of your spine to restore the height of the vertebrae) Spinal fusion (bones of your spine are joined together so ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/000360.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  10. Kyphosis 
    ... vertebra forward on another ( spondylolisthesis ) Previous surgeries or fusion on the spine Other causes of kyphosis include: Certain hormone ( endocrine ) ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/001240.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
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