Disc Fusion Surgery. Your spine may become unstable if there s abnormal or excessive motion between two. During the surgery vertebrae are fused together to heal into a single solid bone eliminating movement between them and relieving pain.
During the surgery vertebrae are fused together to heal into a single solid bone eliminating movement between them and relieving pain. Spinal fusion can help correct spinal deformities such as a sideways curvature of the spine. Fusion surgery removes this important shock absorber placing additional stress and forces on the discs and facet joints above and below the level of the fusion.
This additional force in turn can lead to injury of these facet joints and discs leading to degeneration and arthritis.
Deformities of the spine. Artificial cervical disc replacement cervical fusion. Infection blood clots bleeding and blood loss respiratory problems heart attack or stroke during surgery inadequate wound healing reactions to medications or anesthesia. This operation joins two vertebrae spinal bones into a single unit and it is proven to eliminate or reduce back pain.
