Understanding spinal fusion means knowing the procedure, recovery process, potential risks, and how it can help treat chronic back or neck pain effectively.

Spinal Fusion Procedure Relieves Back Pain. 250,000 Americans have the surgery each year; new procedure cuts recovery time. By ABC News. November 21, 2008, 4:31 PM.

A recent Bloomberg article should put the fear of God in anyone who wants to get a fusion operation for low back pain blamed on worn-out spinal discs. I've written about the lack of evidence ...

Chronic opioids linked to increased complications after spinal fusion surgery Date: March 21, 2018 Source: Wolters Kluwer Health Summary: Patients who have been taking opioid pain relievers for ...

Single-dose epidural injections of ropivacaine decreased postoperative pain scores when administered preoperatively in patients undergoing lumbar spine fusion, according to a presentation at the ...

The health-care facility is one of the first in the area to offer the surgery, according to a recent announcement.

If you're headed for back surgery, there may be a way to get a leg-up on a faster, less painful recovery. Tufts Medical Center's Spine Center has become one of the few places regionally to ...

In a study of patients awaiting spinal fusion for presumed diskogenic pain, ... Berglund, A, Nygren, A. Low back pain after traffic collisions: a population-based cohort study. Spine 2003;28:1002 ...

Quantitative dynamic wearable motion-based metric compared to patient-reported outcomes as indicators of functional recovery after lumbar fusion surgery. Clinical Biomechanics , 2022; 97: 105706 ...