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== Indications == | |||
-Severe, disabling back or leg pain. | |||
-Posttraumatic cases of segmental instability or potential neurologic injury | |||
-Degenerative spinal pathology. | |||
*Patients who cannot manage their pain with conservative measures and have demonstrable, concordant pathology on diagnostic testing may benefit from lumbar arthrodesis. | |||
Degenerative cascade | |||
Diagnosis: | |||
Types of lumbar fusion: | |||
Posterolateral Lumbar Fusion | |||
Revision as of 15:32, 14 August 2017
Indications[edit | edit source]
-Severe, disabling back or leg pain. -Posttraumatic cases of segmental instability or potential neurologic injury -Degenerative spinal pathology.
- Patients who cannot manage their pain with conservative measures and have demonstrable, concordant pathology on diagnostic testing may benefit from lumbar arthrodesis.
Degenerative cascade
Diagnosis:
Types of lumbar fusion:
Posterolateral Lumbar Fusion
