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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. But spinal fusion surgery isn’t a magic cure.
Spine surgery with rods is a procedure designed to correct spinal deformities like scoliosis, particularly in children and adolescents. Various types of rods, including traditional growing rods, VEPTR, and MAGEC, are used depending on the patient’s needs.
26 Νοε 2024 · During spinal fusion, a surgeon places bone or a bonelike material in the space between two spinal bones. Metal plates, screws or rods might hold the bones together. The bones then can fuse and heal as one bone.
In a large patient cohort lumbar fusion with PEEK rods can be undertaken with low complication rates, satisfactory clinical improvements, low rates of hardware failure or need for revision surgery. Longer follow-up is needed to confirm findings.
23 Μαΐ 2023 · Transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (TLIF) is a spinal fusion technique for the lower back, in which two spinal bones (vertebrae) are joined by removing a portion of the spinal disc between them and placing a spacer (cage), supplemented by screws and rods, in its place.
12 Μαΐ 2023 · The surgeon then places screws and rods into the vertebrae to stabilize the spine and promote fusion of the bone graft with the adjacent vertebrae. The goal of a PLIF is to help alleviate pain and improve spinal stability.
16 Μαΐ 2017 · The vertebrae need to be held together, usually using plates, screws and rods to keep that segment of the spine immobile. Spinal fusion surgery can be performed on any segment of the spine, including cervical, thoracic, lumbar, and/or sacral regions. —Zarina Ali, MD, Neurosurgeon, Penn Medicine.
