Spinal fusion is a procedure that permanently joins two or more vertebrae in your spine, preventing them from moving. Techniques for spinal fusion are aimed to mirror the natural healing process of damaged bones. During spinal fusion, Dr. Dev Mishra Orthopaedic Surgeon at Shreya Hospital in Ghaziabad fills the area between two spinal vertebrae with bone or a bone like substance.

To keep the vertebrae together until they recover into one solid unit, metal plates, screws, and rods may be utilized. To increase stability, rectify a deformity, or relieve discomfort, spinal fusion permanently joins two or more vertebrae in your spine.

Spinal Fusion Procedure

Spinal fusion is surgery to connect two or more bones in any part of the spine. Connecting them prevents movement between them. Preventing movement helps to prevent pain. During spinal fusion, a surgeon places bone or a bone like material in the space between two spinal bones.

Spinal fusion is surgery to connect two or more bones in any part of the spine. Connecting them prevents movement between them. Preventing movement helps to prevent pain.

During spinal fusion, a surgeon places bone or a bone like material in the space between two spinal bones. Metal plates, screws or rods might hold the bones together. They then can fuse and heal as one bone.

The procedure involves the following:

• Getting to the spine. To get to the bones being fused, the surgeon cuts in one of three places. From the back, these cuts are in the neck or back directly over the spine or on either side of the spine. To get to the spine from the front, the surgeon cuts into the stomach area or throat.
• Getting the bone graft ready. Bone grafts come from a bone bank or from the body of the person having the surgery, usually from the pelvis. Sometimes surgeons use human-made material instead of bone grafts. To use the person’s bone, the surgeon cuts near the pelvic bone, removes a small part of it and then closes the cut.
• Fusion. To fuse the spinal bones, the surgeon places the bone graft material between the bones. The surgeon might use metal plates, screws or rods to help hold the bones together while the bone graft heals.