Lumbar Fusion
Certain medical conditions or injuries can cause the vertebrae to shift more than normal, stretching nerves, muscles, or ligaments, and leading to pain.
Lumbar fusion is a minimally invasive procedure that avoids cutting the spine’s muscles, allowing for a faster recovery compared to traditional surgery.
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Procedure Overview
What Lumbar Fusion Is
Lumbar fusion is a surgical procedure to permanently join two or more vertebrae in your spine. This prevents abnormal movement between vertebrae, which can reduce pain caused by conditions such as degenerative disc disease or spinal instability.
Treatment Description
By fusing vertebrae together, lumbar fusion stabilizes the spine and prevents excessive motion that can irritate surrounding nerves, muscles, and ligaments. This is often recommended when non-surgical treatments have not provided relief.
What It Includes
Depending on your condition, the surgeon may use different techniques to access the spine. In a lateral interbody fusion, the surgeon accesses the vertebrae from the side. In a transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion, the approach is from the back, allowing for flexibility in treatment.
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Why Should Patients Get A Lumbar Fusion Surgery?
Lumbar fusion surgery may be recommended for patients suffering from a variety of conditions, including:
All the above conditions may be causing pain, making moving and walking painful for you. Lumbar fusion is a last result after other treatment options like medication and physical therapy have failed to treat the condition. However, lumbar fusion does not treat all types of pain, and your doctor will recommend it if only they think it is the best option for you.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Quick and helpful answers to common inquiries.
The Risk Involved In The Lumbar Fusion Surgery
Minimally invasive surgeries record very few risks and, in most cases, none at all. But with all surgeries, major and minor, there are some risks involved, which include:
- Lack of a complete bone fusion
- Nerve damage
- Infection
- Blood clots
- Too much bleeding
Additional risks like the procedure may introduce a different type of pain on the graft side or fail to cure the pain. Lumbar fusion can also cause a decrease in your spinal flexibility and thus affecting your mobility.
However, the extent of the complications and risk will vary depending on your age, medical condition, your back’s anatomy, and the surgical approach. Trusting experienced orthopedic surgeons with your lumbar spinal fusion will ensure that you are taken care of and the surgery is seamless.
How Ceda Orthopedic Performs A Lumbar Fusion Procedure
At Ceda Orthopedic Group, we usually recommend other forms of treatment before considering lumbar fusion to our patients. Like with all spine surgeries, we perform the surgery in our office, and monitor your vital signs before discharge. Your surgeon will approve your release but will do follow-up visits and prescribe the appropriate medication. If need be, your orthopedic will recommend physical therapy and monitor your response and guide you as you go back to your regular duties.
We offer transportation to our patients who might need it. That way, if you receive a lumbar fusion, all you need to worry about is showing up to the procedure and healing afterward! For surgery patients, we strive to relieve stress and pressure during the surgery process.
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