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What are some of the complications associated with fusion surgery? |
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Pseudoarthrosis is a medical term that refers to a patient who underwent fusion surgery but did not fuse. This may require second revision surgery to try to cause fusion. Sometimes, excellent fusion can lead to adjacent disc disease which means that the motion that used to occur at the fused segment now must occur at the level above or below the level fused. This can lead to rapid degeneration of those levels requiring another surgery to fuse the adjacent level.
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