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What are the long term effects of a spinal fusion
A 27-year-old male asked:

Dr. Mark Westonanswered
Orthopedic Spine Surgery 32 years experience
Gradual worsening: Gradual worsening with foot drops if you have significant neurologic symptoms peotecting the nervesc with reconstruction has a better long term out co... Read More
5.6k viewsReviewed >2 years ago

Dr. Shuriz Hishmehanswered
Orthopedic Spine Surgery 22 years experience
Spondylolisthesis: Difficult decisions. Laminectomy is usually not indicated for a spondylolisthesis b/c there is a high risk of progression, up to 35% in some articles.... Read More
5.6k viewsAnswered >2 years ago

Dr. Thomas Dowlinganswered
Orthopedic Spine Surgery 41 years experience
90% are treated: Nonop. Most do fine with no symptoms or symptoms controlled with exercise, medication, &/or injections. Surgery for most is a choice to relieve sympt... Read More
5.4k viewsAnswered >2 years ago
A 52-year-old female asked:

Dr. Robert Bennettanswered
31 years experience
FUSION: If you can urinate to completion and you were born with one kidney it is likely doing the work of 1.5 kidneys. A healthy balanced diet and proper flui... Read More
5.2k viewsReviewed >2 years ago

Dr. Peter Ihleanswered
Orthopedic Surgery 55 years experience
Should B none: The surgery will not have an effect on ur kidney. Beware of the antibiotics u take 4 any thing. No contact sports, also nsaids. Trauma amd drug toxici... Read More
5.2k viewsReviewed >2 years ago
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Dr. Yvette Kratzberganswered
Pediatrics 25 years experience
Talk to your DR.: Any time a patient is considering weaning off a medication, it is the best course of action to talk to the prescribing Dr to determine the safe way to... Read More
14 viewsReviewed Jan 04, 2021
A 44-year-old member asked:

Dr. Pietro Senianswered
Orthopedic Surgery 48 years experience
Healing spinal fusio: We need a lot more info to answer this question, they are many variables that determine when fusion will heal such as:location of the fusion, levels f... Read More
5.7k viewsReviewed >2 years ago
A 45-year-old member asked:

Dr. Jonathan Hydeanswered
Orthopedic Spine Surgery 30 years experience
Variable: Fusion recovery experiences are variable, dependent upon the individual patient, each surgeon, type of spinal fusion (open vs. Minimal invasive), prio... Read More
5.7k viewsAnswered >2 years ago
A 43-year-old member asked:

Dr. Leland Berkwitsanswered
Pain Management 30 years experience
Fusion failure: There are a number of ways a spinal fusion may fail. If the hardware breaks and the vertebrae can move - this can be detected by a special Xray calle... Read More
3.9k viewsAnswered >2 years ago
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Dr. Dan Fisheranswered
Internal Medicine 28 years experience
Talk to your doc: Too complicated a question which requires a lot of info specific to your case. Sometimes additional surgery is indicated.
5.6k viewsReviewed >2 years ago
A 39-year-old member asked:

Dr. Will Mooreheadanswered
Orthopedic Spine Surgery 53 years experience
Joining bone togethe: A spinal fusion is a procedure used to join two spinal motion units together. It is designed to stop all motion of the motion segment. It may be perfo... Read More
5.6k viewsReviewed Aug 21, 2020
A 31-year-old member asked:

Dr. Jefferson Chenanswered
Neurosurgery 35 years experience
A common procedure: Cervical spinal fusion for a herniated cervical disc is a common procedure done by neurosurgeons and orthopedic spine surgeons. There are certainly ri... Read More
4.7k viewsReviewed >2 years ago
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