Lumbar Fusion Surgery

Those who have heard of lumbar fusion surgery might be aware of the benefits it brings along. It is a minimally invasive procedure which causes relatively less damage to the surrounding tissues. Unfortunately, in conventional spinal surgery, it was essential to cut through muscles and move them for reaching the spine.  This, in turn, causes severe pain after surgery. Also, it lengthens the recuperation time. Rather than cutting as well as moving muscles, such as minimally invasive procedures can gently spread through the muscles allowing easy access to the spine. Not only is it relatively lesser painful, but also does not take long for muscles to heal.

Yet another advantage of minimally invasive technique is less damage to muscle, which means lesser blood loss, and therefore a reduced requirement for blood transfusions. Thus, the need for narcotic pain medicines also reduce and you might have to stay shorter in hospital.

As far as the effectiveness of the minimally invasive technique for lumbar spinal fusion is considered, results have been satisfactory.  The success of this kind of surgery procedure has been reliable although the operative times are relatively long. Also, there are high chances of injury to the nerves, thus surgeons have to be extremely careful while performing the surgery.  Advancement in medical science and technology has made it possible for a surgeon to perform this surgery. Experienced surgeons can perform this kind of surgery in an effective way.

Spinal osteoarthritis is also an ageing process and is found mostly among those who are more than 45 years of age. As far as spinal osteoarthritis treatment is considered, the orthopedic surgeon will examine the patient before suggesting the one. Most of the spinal osteoarthritis cases can be treated without having to perform surgery. Timely diagnose is what matters the most when it comes to treating spinal pain.