2023年8月3日 · Spinal fusion surgery is a procedure that links two vertebrae in your back so that they no longer move independently of each other. This can stabilize your back structure and reduce symptoms like pain, numbness or weakness in body areas further down.

2024年11月26日 · Fusion options for lower back. A surgeon can get to the spine from the front, known as an anterior spinal fusion. From the back, it's known as posterior spinal fusion. With either entry point, a metal plate or rods and screws are inserted to hold the bones together until the bones heal.

2020年11月15日 · Lumbar fusion is the surgical joining of two vertebrae in the lumbar spine, or lower back. Your vertebrae are the bones that make up your spine (backbone). Lumbar fusion permanently stops movement between two vertebrae. It is a treatment for a variety of diseases and conditions of your spine.

Lumbar spinal fusion stops the motion at a painful vertebral segment in the low back. The surgery helps improve spinal stability, correct anatomical deformities, and relieve nerve compression.

In the lower back, a multilevel spinal fusion surgery involves the fusion of two or more motion segments between the first lumbar vertebra, L1, and the first sacral vertebra, S1. The lumbar spine (low back) has 5 mobile spinal levels from L1 to S1, also known as motion segments.

2023年2月28日 · Using minimally invasive surgery (MIS), transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (MIS-TLIF) can be done in certain patients with smaller incision than traditional open spinal surgeries, decreasing damage to the low back muscles.

Spinal fusion is a surgical procedure to join 2 or more bones (vertebrae) of your spine together permanently. A minimally invasive spinal fusion uses a smaller cut (incision) than a traditional spinal fusion surgery.

2019年6月14日 · Spinal fusion also is used to treat some degenerative conditions and spinal fractures. During the procedure, your surgeon places bone or a bonelike material within different spaces between two or more spinal vertebrae which will cause these vertebrae to grow together, or fuse, over time.

2024年9月16日 · TLIF stands for transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion. Surgeons do TLIF to relieve chronic lower back pain that happens when intervertebral disks put pressure on your spinal nerves. In TLIF, surgeons replace damaged disks with bone grafts. The bone grafts create new bone that helps fuse or join your vertebrae.

Spinal fusion is a treatment option when motion is the source of pain — the theory being that if the painful vertebrae do not move, they should not hurt. This article focuses on one method of fusing the lumbar (lower) spine — lateral lumbar interbody fusion — and discusses just the surgical component of the procedure.