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Anterior Cervical Decompression and Spine Fusion Procedure The decompression and spine fusion procedure begins with either a longitudinal or transverse incision in the lower front of the neck The underlying musculature of the neck is carefully dissected, allowing the surgeon to expose the front of the cervical spine by retracting the esophagus and trachea toward midline and the carotid artery and
Bone Graft for Spine Fusion - Spine-health The iliac crest (hip bone) satisfies all the above criteria and is commonly used as a graft material in spinal fusion 5 Morris MT, Tarpada SP, Cho W Bone graft materials for posterolateral fusion made simple: a systematic review Eur Spine J 2018;27(8):1856-1867
What to Know About Sacroiliac Joint Fusion - Spine-health Sacroiliac joint fusion is always an elective procedure, meaning it is the patient’s decision whether or not to have surgery There are many factors to consider when deciding to have surgery, including the effectiveness of nonsurgical treatments, if fusion surgery is likely to improve one’s quality of life, and the recovery process
Autograft: The Patients Own Bone - Spine-health In most cases, the patient’s hip bone (iliac crest) is harvested and transplanted in the segment of the spine where fusion is intended 1 D'Souza M, Macdonald NA, Gendreau JL, Duddleston PJ, Feng AY, Ho AL Graft Materials and Biologics for Spinal Interbody Fusion Biomedicines 2019 Sep 26;7(4):75 doi: 10 3390 biomedicines7040075 PMID
What to Know About Klippel-Feil Syndrome - Spine-health Klippel-Feil syndrome often causes fusion at C2-C3 in the cervical spine Klippel-Feil syndrome is present from birth and lasts for the duration of life According to some estimates, about 1 in 40,000 people have KFS 1 Klippel-Feil syndrome
Spinal Fusion Surgery for Isthmic Spondylolisthesis - Spine-health Interbody fusion surgery including the anterior, posterior, transforaminal, and direct lateral interbody fusions (ALIF, PLIF, TLIF, and XLIF) with the insertion of a spinal cage may be performed in select patients Removal of the L5 vertebra (vertebrectomy) and fusion of the L4 vertebra with the sacrum (S1) may be considered in severe L5 slips
Neck Mobility After a Multilevel Cervical Fusion - Spine-health When two or more cervical levels of the spine are fused, it is referred to as a multilevel cervical fusion, or multilevel ACDF While a single-level cervical fusion is rarely a concern in terms of neck mobility after surgery, a multilevel fusion is more complex and has more considerations, especially with each additional level of fusion
How Much Neck Mobility Is Lost After Fusion Surgery? - Spine-health Some studies indicate that fusion surgery has less impact on active range of motion, which is the range of motion that is actually experienced in everyday life 5 Anderst WJ, Lee JY, Donaldson WF, Kang JD Six-degrees-of-freedom cervical spine range of motion during dynamic flexion-extension after single-level anterior arthrodesis
Posterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion (PLIF) Surgery - Spine-health In most cases, a PLIF fusion is supplemented by a simultaneous posterolateral spine fusion (PLF) surgery 1 Plantz MA, Hsu WK Single-level Posterolateral Fusion (PLF) Alone and Posterior Interbody Fusion (PLIF TLIF) Alone Lead to a Decreased Risk of Short-term Complications Compared to Combined PLF With PLIF TLIF Procedures: A Matched Analysis
ACDF: Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion - Spine-health Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) is a type of neck surgery that involves removing a damaged disc to relieve spinal cord or nerve root pressure and alleviate corresponding pain, weakness, numbness, and tingling A discectomy is a form of surgical decompression, so the procedure may also be called an anterior cervical decompression