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Anterior Cervical Spinal Fusion Surgery |
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Understanding cervical spinal fusion :- |
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Anterior cervical spinal fusion surgeries are commonly done in conjunction with
an anterior cervical discectomy. For many patients, cervical spinal fusion surgery
(fusing one vertebra to another) is often done to eliminate motion at a vertebral
segment. Decreasing the motion at a painful motion segment should decrease the pain
at that segment. Achieving the fusion also serves to maintain adequate space for the decompressed spinal cord and/or nerve roots. The fusion may also prevent the
spine from falling into a collapsed deformity (kyphosis). |
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Additionally, anterior cervical spinal fusions are also done to treat cervical instability
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Trauma (fractures or dislocations)
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Tumor
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Infection |
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