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Spinal fusion is a surgical procedure doctors can use to treat many different problems in your back or neck. The surgery joins two or more of your vertebrae together, which can: stabilize and align ...

Source Reference: Austevoll IM, Ebbs E "Fusion is not a safeguard to prevent revision surgery in lumbar spinal stenosis" JAMA Netw Open 2022; DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.23812.

Minimally invasive surgery was associated with less blood loss, less need for transfusions, and shorter hospital stays, Kepler and colleagues reported in the Spine Journal.

Decades ago, back operations involved long surgeries, lengthy recoveries and extended hospital stays. Open spine surgeries often comprised of large incisions, leading to post-operative pain and ...

Back Surgery Pros and Cons Each type comes with its own risks and benefits. Spinal fusion. This is the most common surgery for chronic nonspecific back pain with degenerative changes. The doctor ...

Review Article Published: 19 June 2012 Paradigm changes in spine surgery—evolution of minimally invasive techniques Zachary A. Smith & Richard G. Fessler Nature Reviews Neurology 8, 443–450 ...

About 30 orthopedic surgeons will perform surgery at the facility, which cost about $3.5 million to develop. Phoenix Spine & Joint has 115 physicians and locations in Goodyear and Scottsdale, Ariz., ...

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