There are many approaches to lumbar spinal fusion! Surgery and all involve the following process. … Adding bone graft to a segment of the spine. … Set up a biological response that causes the bone graft to grow between the two vertebral elements to create a bone fusion. … The bone fusion -which results in one fixed bone replacing a mobile joint -stops the motion at the joint segment. For a patients with the following conditions if abnormal and excessive motion at a vertebral segment result in severe pain and inability to function, a lumbar fusion may be considered!! … Lumbar degenerative disc disease … Lumbar spondylolisthesis (isthemic; degenerative or postlaminectomy spondylolisthesis) Other conditions that may be treated by a spinal fusion surgery include a week or unstable spine (caused by infectious or tumors), fractures, scloliosis or deformity. from @ahmad.s.physician #medical #medstudent #medicalstudent #nurse #spine #fracture #trauma #surgery #f4f #l4l #hospital #scrub #doctor #spondylolisthesis #tumor #disc #lumbar #neurology
