Spinal fusion is also known as spondylodesis or spondylosyndesis. This condition is a neurosurgical or orthopedic surgical technique that joins two or more vertebrae. It can be treated and performed at any level in the spine. At places like cervical, thoracic, or lumbar as well which might prevent any movement between the fused vertebrae.

There are many types of spinal fusion and each technique involves using bone grafting either from the patient (autograft), the donor (allograft), or artificial bone substitutes to help the bones heal together. Additional hardware (screws, plates, or cages) is often used to hold the bones in place while the graft fuses the two vertebrae together.

What can be the various types of Spine Fusion Surgery?

There is more than one type of surgery that is offered under this treatment section. It usually depends on which part of it will the surgery take place. Some of the common ones are as follows:

• Lumbar fusion
• Cervical fusion
• Thoracic fusion

Also, the spine fusion surgery happens in two-level, level one where it stops at some defined spinal vertebrae and level two where it goes further!