http://tmjtalk.com/topic/801/Three-Types-of-Fusion en-us Copyright 2011, Yuku ceco@yuku.com (FeedMaster) webmaster@yuku.com (WebMaster) Mon, 19 Jun 2006 23:57:00 GMT Mon, 06 Nov 2006 12:36:27 GMT Kickapps Feeds 1.0 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 {pics-1.1 "http://www.icra.org/ratingsv02.html" l gen true for "http://yuku.com" r (nz 1 vz 1 lz 1 oz 1 cz 1 ) "http://www.rsac.org/ratingsv01.html" l gen true for "http://yuku.com" r (n 0 s 0 v 0 l 0 )) Search Domain q http://yuku.com/search/direct/ http://tmjtalk.com/reply/4050/Three-Types-of-Fusion#reply-4050 feeds@yuku.com (Michelle Denise) http://tmjtalk.com/reply/4050 Mon, 06 Nov 2006 12:36:27 PST http://tmjtalk.com/reply/4049/Three-Types-of-Fusion#reply-4049
MuRa Lara, 65, originally was scheduled to be the first U.S. patient to receive a spinal implant called a coflex, but insurance issues delayed her surgery by several weeks. She received the implant Oct. 18, two weeks after a Loveland, Colo., man received the first implant.

"Any back surgery, I have heard, is pretty painful. And this is painful," Lara said a week after her surgery. "But it could have been a heck of a lot worse. I'm up and about, and I still have pain, but I've been very pleased with it."

Typically, patients who undergo surgery for a pinched nerve have spinal fusion, in which screws and rods are used to fuse the back in place.
The coflex is a U-shaped titanium device that props up the spine to relieve compression.

Dr. Kenneth Pettine, who handled Lara's surgery at Poudre Valley... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Elaine2004) http://tmjtalk.com/reply/4049 Sun, 29 Oct 2006 19:02:50 PST http://tmjtalk.com/reply/4048/Three-Types-of-Fusion#reply-4048 walking zombie. I don't even remember much of the trip home, I was so out of it. I definitely wasn't ready to be discharged and I think it was too soon. The second surgery I was in the hospital for six days and had a much better experience.
Bad thing about fusions? It puts so much pressure on the disc above or below, that it causes them to blow out. Sometimes we are in so much pain that we decide to take that chance. That is what I did. I... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Elaine2004) http://tmjtalk.com/reply/4048 Tue, 20 Jun 2006 00:09:22 PST http://tmjtalk.com/topic/801/Three-Types-of-Fusion
Interbody fusions involve the removal of the whole intervertebral disc and bone chips or cages are placed into the cavity. This is a fusion that is technically more demanding to perform but has a higher fusion rate and, for technical reasons, is more versatile.

Facet joint fusions are usually done to supplement interbody fusions and involve the removal of the facet joint capsule and packing the joint with bone graft. ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Elaine2004) http://tmjtalk.com/topic/801 Mon, 19 Jun 2006 23:57:00 PST